ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. — A Colorado State Patrol (CSP) trooper was seriously injured after two cars crashed into separate patrol cars that were on the scene of another crash investigation Saturday morning.
Around 3:45 a.m., CSP said troopers were investigating a crash near milepost 1 on Interstate 270 in Adams County when a driver hit an unoccupied patrol car. The trooper was outside the car at the time and not injured.
A short time later a second car hit a second unoccupied patrol car, which forced a trooper over a bridge barrier and down a 30-foot embankment. CSP said the trooper was taken to the hospital with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening.
Both drivers who entered the original crash scene are believed to be impaired, and CSP is investigating.
Eastbound lanes on I-270 were closed from southbound I-76 while CSP investigated.
CSP did not immediately identify the suspects.
2 vehicles crash into separate CSP patrol cars, seriously injuring trooper
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