(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) said a pedestrian who was killed crossing the street outside a crosswalk near North Academy Boulevard and North Carefree Circle in January has been identified.

According to CSPD, officers responded just after 12:15 a.m. on Jan. 6 to a crash involving a car and a pedestrian near Academy and North Carefree. When officers arrived, they found the pedestrian in the road about 170 feet south of the intersection.

The pedestrian was treated on scene by the Colorado Springs Fire Department and AMR before being taken to the hospital. The pedestrian, later identified by the El Paso County Coroner as 40-year-old Mindy Ekern of Colorado Springs, died at the hospital on Jan. 10.

The investigation into the crash revealed that Ekern was crossing the road outside of a crosswalk at the time of the crash. Neither speed nor alcohol are considered factors in the crash, and the driver is not facing any charges, CSPD said.

This is the third traffic fatality in Colorado Springs in 2024, CSPD said. At this time in 2023, there had been one traffic fatality.