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Colorado Springs Authorities Identify Victims in Two February Traffic Deaths

Investigations now focus on crash dynamics, with 2026 fatalities running ahead of last year.

Overview

  • The El Paso County Coroner identified 37-year-old Joseph Pagliaro and 67-year-old Michael Davis as the victims in separate February incidents, according to Colorado Springs Police.
  • Pagliaro died at the scene on Feb. 6 after his motorcycle t-boned a pickup crossing South Academy Boulevard at Fountain Boulevard, police said.
  • The pickup driver in the Feb. 6 crash suffered minor injuries, no charges have been filed, and the major crash team is reviewing whether speed was a factor.
  • Police said Davis was struck on Feb. 26 when a car traveled down a hill between Crestone Lane and Motor World Parkway; he was hospitalized and later died.
  • CSPD counted Pagliaro’s death as the fifth traffic fatality of 2026, and reported Davis’s case as the seventh, compared with two at this time last year.