The 24-year-old man who rammed into the back of an RTD bus Monday night had been cited two other times for accidents in the past three weeks. “He’s had a bad month,” said Steve Davis, Lakewood police spokesman.
Nathan Goodson, 24, of Lakewood was cited for careless driving Monday in the accident that sent 12 people — including him — to the hospital, Davis said.
The bus was headed eastbound on West Colfax Avenue about 8:30 p.m. when it stopped at Teller Street to drop off passengers. Witnesses said a 2006 Dodge was traveling east on Colfax — going up to 75 mph — when it crashed into the back of the bus. Goodson’s injuries were serious but not life-threatening, Davis said. The bus was carrying 20 passengers, and of those, 11 were injured. Their conditions were unavailable.
Davis said that Goodson was charged with hit-and-run and failure to maintain brakes after an accident Oct. 29. Then on Nov. 17, he was cited for careless driving after his second accident, Davis said. When he struck the bus Monday — his third accident — he was driving a rental car, Davis said. Goodson also was cited for careless driving in Denver on Nov. 14, 2001, when he was 18, according to Denver County Court records.
