COLORADO SPRINGS, CO : Colorado Springs police officer with minor injuries after car crashes into back of patrol car on I-25 on Saturday, 22nd July 2023
Colorado Springs, Colorado
A crash involving a Colorado Springs police officer is under investigation.
Around 1:35 a.m. Saturday, the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to southbound I-25 and Fillmore to a single car that crashed into a guardrail. According to CSPD, an officer was parked behind the first crashed car, when another car rear ended the police cruiser with an officer inside around 3 a.m.
The driver of the second car and the officer were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Police say the driver was suspected to have been impaired.
All southbound lanes of traffic were closed for several hours but reopened around 8:30 a.m.
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