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CSPD seeks man in relation to officer's crash

by Kelly Helton

Posted: 07.25.2012 at 5:39 PM

Updated: 07.26.2012 at 9:40 AM

Kelly Helton

Kelly Helton is the Assignment Editor for FOX21 News.

A motorcycle officer died in a crash Tuesday. / FOX21: Abbie Burke

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The Colorado Springs Police Department is seeking help from the public, looking for a man on a sports bike who was in the area shortly before an officer was involved in a fatal traffic crash Tuesday afternoon.

Officers want to get information from a black man who was riding a black sports bike near Barnes Road and Stetson Hills Tuesday between 2 and 2:30 p.m.

He was wearing grey shorts and a black "motorcross" style jacket. Officers said they want to ask the man questions.

Officer Matt Tyner died after crashing his police motorcycle near Austin Bluffs Parkway and Silver Drive. Anyone with information is asked to call the CSPD at (719) 444-7000.

Related Links

		Colorado Springs motorcycle cop dies in crash
		CSPD mourns the loss of Officer Matt Tyner
		Friends and comrades remember officer killed in crash

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