Colorado Springs Police: Crash involving vehicle and pedestrian in wheelchair under investigation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating a crash that left a pedestrian in a wheelchair with serious injuries.

Tuesday, officers with the Sand Creek Division responded to the area of 200 N. Union at 1:03 p.m. on reports of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.

According to CSPD, a vehicle was traveling west on Bijou St. and preparing to make a left turn to go south on Union Ave. As the vehicle began to make the left turn, it struck a male in a motorized wheelchair crossing Union from the west to the east.

Police say the person in the wheelchair, whose age has not been released, was taken to a nearby hospital for life-threatening injuries.

The Major Crash Team was contacted and began investigating the crash.

KRDO reached out to police Wednesday for an update on the victim.