Colorado College safety officer dies in crash
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo Dec 18 2017- A Colorado College safety officer was killed after crashing into power poles near campus late Saturday night.
The identity of the person involved in the crash has not been formally released by authorities, but our news partners at The Gazette obtained an email sent to students and faculty that identified the driver and sole occupant as longtime security guard Kevin Morgan.
“We received a notice from Maggie Santos, Director of Campus Safety, that the driver was Kevin Morgan, a member of the CC Campus Safety officer team,” Alex Hernandez-Siegel, chaplain and associate dean, said in the email.
“We are in both denial and shock that we have lost this young man so suddenly.”
Morgan reportedly crashed his red SUV into a utility pole on Glen Avenue, then hit a telephone pole. A Springs officer who unwittingly witnessed the crash reported seeing “a large electrical flash” just to the east of I-25 and Uintah and went to investigate. Morgan was badly injured and died after being transported to a nearby hospital.
Power was restored to all late Sunday morning.
CSPD’s Major Accident Unit is investigating the crash. Speed is a suspected factor.
Morgan had been a safety officer with the school for more than eight years.
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