Driver charged in crash that killed pedestrian in Colorado Springs King Soopers parking lot
Police have charged the driver in an August crash that killed a pedestrian near a supermarket on the north end of the city.
Emergency dispatchers received a call just before 8 a.m. Aug. 31 about a crash just outside the King Soopers supermarket in the 6900 block of North Academy Boulevard. When officers arrived at the Woodman Valley Shopping Center parking lot, they found a white sedan with a person pinned beneath it, police said.
Medical personnel declared 51-year-old Marcus Bogart, of Colorado Springs, dead at the scene.
The driver, identified as 76-year-old Richard Goodwin, was charged with careless driving resulting in death, police announced Monday.
Officials said speed and alcohol impairment were not factors in the crash.
Bogart’s death was the 30th traffic fatality of 2023 in Colorado Springs, police said. There were 36 traffic fatalities investigated in the city by the same time last year.
First responders on the scene of a crash Thursday morning, Aug. 31, 2023.
Marcus Bogart.
First responders on the scene of a crash Thursday morning, Aug. 31, 2023.
Crews responded to an auto-pedestrian crash Thursday morning, Aug. 31, 2023.





