Motorized scooter driver killed after being hit by car in Boulder

BOULDER, Colo. – A man driving a motorized scooter was killed when he collided with another man driving a car Thursday afternoon.

The crash happened at 2:20 p.m. at the intersection of 55^th Street and Baseline Road.

Police say the man, 58, was headed westbound on Baseline and was hit by a SUV driven by a 72-year-old man who was turning from eastbound Baseline onto northbound 55^th.

The scooter driver died at the scene. The driver of the SUV is cooperating with police. Boulder police said they don’t believe drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.

They are also looking for witnesses to the crash, and ask anyone who saw it to call Officer Craig Shepherd at 303-419-9943.