The Boulder Police Department has closed its investigation into a crash last August in which a driver struck and killed a cyclist on Edgewood Drive, concluding the cyclist was at fault for failing to stop at a stop sign.
On the morning of Aug. 4, Daniel Bench, 88, was turning off a bike path onto Edgewood Drive when he was struck by the driver of a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, according to a police report. Bench was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and later died. The driver, Jeffrey Finley, 55, remained on the scene and told police he was driving between work locations at the time.
The Boulder Police Department concluded Bench was at fault based in part on a witness statement and video footage from a Ring camera, according to an incident and crash report provided to Boulder Reporting Lab. The report states that Bench had his head down and did not appear to slow down before entering the roadway. A stop sign is posted at the end of the bike path…