A crash along Interstate 25 involving a sheriff’s deputy cruiser is under investigation Friday morning, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. 

Police said on Thursday at 3:39 p.m., the Colorado State Patrol reported a crash along Interstate 25 at Circle Drive involving at least two vehicles. 

Officers on the scene discovered a vehicle had been traveling in the southbound left lane when the driver left the roadway, struck the median, ricocheted off the median and struck an on-duty Huerfano County Sheriff’s Office Cruiser.

According to officials, the suspect vehicle continued to rotate and struck the cruiser a second time in the rear. 

“Both vehicles had disabling damage and were later towed from the scene,” officials said. 

Amid the duration of the investigation, I-25 near Circle Drive was reduced to a single lane, officials said. 

According to police, the driver of the vehicle is facing DUI charges and has been identified as Russel Adam. 

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