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COLORADO SPRINGS — A Colorado Springs police officer was killed Tuesday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle on Austin Bluffs Parkway near Oro Blanco Drive, Police Chief Pete Carey announced.
The officer died in the line of duty, Carey said. The officer’s name will not be released until all family is notified.
Carey, accompanied by Mayor Steve Bach and Fire Chief Rich Brown, made a brief statement at Memorial Hospital Central, but took no questions.
The crash occured just after 2:30 p.m. The officer was taken to Memorial, where several other police motorcycle officers gathered.
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