Southeast Colorado Springs community mourns the loss of a child, reminds drivers to be alert

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Neighbors are reminding their children to be careful and drivers to be alert after a child was hit and killed by a car in a driveway.

Just before 8 p.m. Thursday, Colorado Springs police responded to Lexington Village Lane, which is near Powers and Astrozon. Officers found a child with serious injuries and attempted life saving measures, but the child died at the scene.

11 News spoke with a man who says he is the child’s father on Friday. The man says his son was five years old.

The area is home to many young families, who are impacted by the news.

“It was just horrible,” said Michelle Wallace, who was helping her own young son practice roller skating when 11 News asked how she feels about the deadly incident. “You have to watch them and you have to be out here and you have to do the best that you can.”

The neighborhood has a 10 miles per hour speed limit in the area where the child was killed. According to a report done by kids and car safety 60 children die every week from similar incidents across the country … 10% Of kids hit in pedestrian crashes happen in driveways.

That non-profit also says since 2007 5 children have died in a front-over incident in El Paso county with the youngest being just 20 months old.

“Just check your surroundings, move a little slower, you know. We are living in a neighborhood where there are kids running around everywhere, so it’s just kind of common sense to pay attention,” said Sam, who did not want to give his last name but says he called 911 and rushed outside to help the child.

Colorado Springs Police say the driver is not a family member of the child, and that the driver is cooperating in the investigation. At the time of this writing, no charges had been filed.

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