(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A vehicle hit a traffic signal pole in the overnight hours of Wednesday, Jan. 24 closing a part of South Academy Boulevard for several hours according to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD).
CSPD said on Wednesday at around 1:20 a.m. officers were called to the 2700 block of South Academy Boulevard. When officers arrived they learned a vehicle had been traveling south on S. Academy Blvd. when the vehicle hit a traffic control signal pole.
The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) was called to the scene to free the trapped occupants of the vehicle.
CSPD said both people were freed from the vehicle and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Police said due to the traffic control signal being hit, a portion of S. Academy Blvd. between Astrozon Boulevard and Hancock Expressway had been closed while utility crews worked to repair the traffic signals. As of 6:45 a.m. CSPD said all lanes were reopened.
