Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Jason Manspeaker was killed in a vehicle crash while responding to investigate the sighting of a van suspected of being used during the murder of Irving, Texas, Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins.
During the response, Trooper Manspeaker's Jeep Cherokee patrol vehicle left the icy roadway and struck a flat bed tractor-trailer that was parked on the shoulder of I-70 near Loveland Pass.
The van in question was later located, but it was not the van used in the murder. However, the van used during Officer Hawkins' murder was located later in the day in a different part of Colorado.
Trooper Manspeaker had served with the Colorado State Patrol for 18 months.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Trooper Manspeaker gave the Colorado State Patrol 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Colorado. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Manspeaker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Jason Lee Manspeaker is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CO, 101 of 360 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Colorado State Patrol, 19 of 30 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jason Lee Manspeaker's cause is highlighted.
How Jason Lee Manspeaker Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jason Lee Manspeaker is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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