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Trooper, Driver Injured as Wrong-Way DUI Pursuit on I-25 Near Pueblo Ends in Arrest

Fountain officers later arrested the suspected wrong-way driver near mile marker 132.

Overview

  • Colorado State Patrol responded around 3:45 a.m. to a report of a vehicle traveling south in the northbound lanes near mile marker 113, about 11 miles north of Pueblo.
  • Troopers located the 2021 Honda after it reversed course, stopping it near mile marker 123 by Pikes Peak International Raceway, where a 2001 Hummer struck a patrol car as a trooper tried to block the Honda.
  • The trooper and the Hummer’s driver were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not immediately specified.
  • Colorado State Patrol identified the Honda driver as Jennifer Elaine Bliss of Denver, who was arrested on suspicion of DUI, failing to yield, and driving the wrong way.
  • Colorado Springs police are investigating the crash involving the patrol vehicle, while state troopers handle the wrong-way case, and the left lane of northbound I-25 remained closed between Pikes Peak International Raceway and Clear Spring Ranch with no estimated reopening time as of 8 a.m.