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Fort Carson SSG Charged in DUI Crash That Killed Teen

November 5, 2026

Staff Sgt. Calvin Dittmeier, 28, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, is charged with vehicular homicide while driving under the influence and DUI after a Colorado Springs crash that killed 19-year-old Benito Reyes.

What happened

A 911 caller reported a two-car crash at 12:47 a.m. Oct. 24 at East Platte Avenue and Space Center Drive.
Police say Dittmeier’s Toyota Tundra struck Reyes’ black Audi Q5 after Dittmeier failed to yield while turning left onto Space Center Drive from East Platte Avenue.
Reyes was driving home after an Amazon warehouse shift that ends at 12:30 a.m.. His car hit a bridge railing. He was killed instantly and pronounced dead at the scene.
Colorado Springs police took Dittmeier into custody on Oct. 29. He posted a $25,000 bond the same day.
An advisement hearing is set for Nov. 6 before an El Paso County judge.

What the affidavit says

Officers wrote that Dittmeier smelled of alcohol, was thick-tongued and slurred his words, and failed field sobriety tests.
At the scene he claimed he had a solid green arrow and that Reyes ran the light.
Images from the Pre-Collision System in his Tundra show a flashing yellow left-turn signal. Police say he failed to yield.
Exact blood alcohol content from hospital blood tests was not stated in the court documents obtained by reporters.

What Fort Carson said

A Fort Carson spokesperson confirmed Dittmeier’s rank and status at the post.
Asked whether he had been suspended from his position, the post would not say.

For the bay

Advisement hearing is Nov. 6.
He is charged. He is presumed innocent unless convicted.

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Cover photo: A Soldier assigned to 4th Infantry Division scans a badge at Gate 1, Fort Carson, Colo., April 22, 2020. U.S. Army photo by Scott Prater, via DVIDS (ID 6184876), https://www.dvidshub.net/image/6184876/vigilance-flexibility-key-gate-guard-response. The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement.