Accident shutting down stretch of southbound I-25 involved Colorado Springs Police officer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Colorado Springs Police (CSPD) are diverting all traffic southbound on I-25 at the Garden of the Gods exit, after a traffic accident early Saturday morning. All southbound lanes of I-25 near Fillmore Street are currently closed.

At 3:09 Saturday morning, CSPD Communications tweeted that only one lane of southbound I-25 was open because of a traffic accident. Minutes later, they announced that the exit ramp to Fillmore was also blocked.

As officers continued to respond to the accident, CSPD eventually updated their messaging to announce a full closure was in effect near exit 145.

UPDATE: The Colorado Springs Police Department announced all lanes of southbound I-25 were back open at 8:19 a.m.

According to CSPD, an officer was inside his patrol car monitoring traffic for a prior accident at 3:19 a.m., when a truck hit the car he was inside from behind.

Police said the collision caused "extensive damage to both vehicles," and both the officer and the driver of the truck were taken to the hospital for emergency care. However, CSPD said the injuries were non-life threatening.

The crash was taken over by CSPD's Major Crash Team, which is now investigating how the collision happened. CSPD shut down traffic for over four hours while they collected evidence.

CSPD said "early indications are the driver of the truck was impaired."