I-25 in Colorado Springs shut down late Monday due to pedestrian crash

Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs was shut down for nearly an hour late Monday night when a man was hit by an 18-wheeler near Uintah Street.

According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the man is recovering with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Witnesses told police he went onto the interstate from the west and then ran into the middle of the road before being hit by an oncoming semi shortly before midnight.

An off-duty CSPD saw the man in the street and called for medical personnel. Other CSPD officers and firefighters also arrived and blocked all of the northbound lanes. All of the lanes were reopened by about 12:40 a.m. Tuesday.

Medical personnel said the man said he was intentionally trying to be hit by a truck, according to CSPD.

The pedestrian and the driver of the truck haven’t been identified.