COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Colorado Springs Police Department has released the identity of a woman killed during a traffic accident on February 1.
According to CSPD, they responded to the accident involving a car and two people near 3000 North Cascade Avenue. It's near the intersection of East Fillmore Street and North Nevada Avenue behind Roadhouse Cinemas.
Police say that following the accident, a woman who was later identified as 78-year-old Josephine Cameron was taken immediately from the scene to the hospital. Cameron died from her injuries on February 6.
The other person involved suffered minor injuries.
A cause of death has not been released by the El Paso County Coroner at this time. Police say charges are currently pending against the driver involved. The driver's identity has not been released at this time.
The CSPD says is the eighth traffic-related death in Colorado Springs this year. According to the department, at this time last year, there were four traffic fatalities.
Editor's Note: CSPD originally told News5 that Cameron refused medical transport at the scene of the accident. CSPD clarifies that she was taken from the scene to the hospital where she died from her injuries.
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