COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A major stretch of southbound I-25 was shut down Thursday evening due to a crash in Colorado Springs.
Police are reporting in their online blotter that they were called to southbound I-25 near the Rockrimmon Exit just before 8 p.m. for a crash involving a motorcyclist. Police say they found the motorcyclist near the Rockrimmon Exit with life-threatening injuries.
"Witnesses related that the vehicle continued to drag the motorcycle till it wrecked near the Bijou exit," police wrote.
The distance between the Rockrimmon Exit and the Bijou Exit is approximately six miles.
"The initial investigation indicates the small truck collided with the motorcycle," police added. "This collision caused the motorcycle rider to be ejected, and the driver of the truck continued southbound, dragging the motorcycle until it wrecked near the Bijou exit. This investigation is ongoing."
The highway has since reopened.
As of Friday morning, no one involved had been publicly identified.
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