EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — One person was extricated from a vehicle with heavy damage along Highway 24 Wednesday morning.
According to the Cimarron Hills Fire Department, they first responded to the crash involving two vehicles around 6:48 a.m. The crash shut down the westbound lanes of Highway 24 at Meadowbrook Parkway on the eastern border of Colorado Springs.
The Cimarron Hills Fire Department had to extricate an individual from one of the vehicles involved in the crash. Their condition at the time of publishing this article is unknown.
The westbound lanes of Highway 24 were cleared by 8:30 a.m., and Colorado State Patrol says charges are pending the outcome of their investigation.
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