The victim from an early August hit-and-run crash involving a vehicle and a scooter has been identified by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office.

According to a Friday announcement from the Colorado Springs Police Department, on Aug. 5 at 12:06 a.m., officers received reports of a crash involving a scooter and a vehicle near the intersection of South Circle Drive and Monterey Road.

Police on the scene found the driver of the scooter dead on the roadway. He has since been identified by the coroner’s office as 46-year-old Graham Howell.

Investigators with the department’s Major Crash Team say that Howell had been driving southbound on South Circle when he was struck from behind by a vehicle. 

The vehicle driver involved in the crash is yet to be found, police said. 

Howell’s death marks the 36th traffic fatality in Colorado Springs this year. At the same time in 2023, there had been 27 traffic deaths reported.