NEWS RELEASE
COLORADO STATE PATROL
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo - On Feb. 29, at 3:22 p.m. the Colorado State Patrol was notified of a single-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle at Hwy 24 milepost 296 near Manitou Springs in El Paso County.
The rider, a 21-year-old male student at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), was pronounced dead on scene.
The early stages of the investigation indicate the rider and a second motorcycle were traveling together eastbound on Highway 24. They were approaching a left curve in the roadway when the USAFA student traveled out of the curve, onto right shoulder and collided with a guardrail. The second motorcyclist stopped and rendered aid.
The exact cause of the crash is still being investigated at this time. The United States Air Force Academy strategic communications team is working closely with the Colorado State Patrol.
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