EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — El Paso County is seeing a sharp increase in car crashes where a pedestrian has died, and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) wants to get the word out for drivers to pay attention.
CDOT says El Paso County has seen a 167% increase in pedestrian deaths since 2015. Thursday, the department held a ceremony at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs for people who have died.
Crash survivors shared their experiences and emphasized the importance of looking our for walkers when you drive.
"Having survived the crash that had me in the hospital with injuries for nine days,... it means a lot to me... to get the word out to people to pay attention," said Larry Wilson, a pedestrian crash survivor.
Colorado as a whole has seen an 88% increase in pedestrian deaths since 2015.
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