Police Search For Car In Crash That Killed Soldier
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado Springs police are searching for a car driven away from the scene of an accident that killed a Fort Carson soldier who was riding a motorcycle.
Police Monday identified the soldier killed as 19-year-old Spc. Christopher Wheeler of Boston. Wheeler died when he and a soldier on another motorcycle crashed into a car that turned left in front of them Friday. The other solider and his female passenger were transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police describe the car as a metallic green Chrysler Dodge Neon with a decorative decal or graphic on the passenger's side.
Police suspect the car sustained damage on the passenger side of the car.
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