68-year-old man dies after being struck by car in Caon City

Mark Bennett, 68, of Caon City, died after he was struck by a car in the City Market parking lot Wednesday afternoon.

Bennett was walking through the parking lot at 1703 Fremont Drive when he was struck.

He was taken to St. Thomas More Hospital by ambulance and was then flown to a Colorado Springs hospital where he died of his injuries.

The driver of the vehicle has been identified as 87-year-old Robert Sergeant. Sergeant also hit a parked vehicle during the incident.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Sergeant was pulling into a parking space when he accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake. It was then that Bennett was struck.

Charges are pending completion of an investigation. Officers on the scene did not observe any signs of impairment during their contact with Sergeant. Bennett’s cause of death has not been determined and is pending the results of an autopsy which is scheduled for August 2, 2019.

Sergeant has no other prior driving convictions.