Watch above: Lane closures on Marksheffel Road due to fatal crash investigation in Colorado Springs
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The driver who was killed in a rollover crash on Marksheffel Road has been identified as 22-year-old Esteban Solorio by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office.
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), on Friday, Jan. 16, at around 4:15 a.m., officers were called to a vehicle off the road with debris in the roadway north of the intersection of Marksheffel and Drennan Roads.
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First responders arrived on the scene and found a driver dead outside the vehicle from a suspected ejection. CSPD’s Major Crash Team responded, and CSPD said the initial investigation indicated the vehicle was heading south on Marksheffel and drifted off the west side of the road. The vehicle rolled at least once, and the driver was ejected. CSPD said impairment is currently unknown, and speed appeared to be a contributing factor…