The 24-year-old man who rammed into the back of an RTD bus Monday night had been cited two other times for accidents within 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 night in the accident that sent 12 people — including him — to the hospital, Davis said.
The bus was eastbound around 8:30 p.m. when it stopped at Teller Street to drop off passengers. Witnesses said a 2006 Dodge was traveling east on West Colfax Avenue going up to 75 mph when it crashed into the back of the bus.
Goodson was seriously injured but did not have life-threatening injuries, Davis said. Firefighters had to cut him out of the wreckage. He was taken to St. Anthony Central Hospital.
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.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
