🌱 Driver Shuts Down I-25 + Road Conditions Improve

Hello, people of Colorado Springs! Rachel Kilimnik here with today's Colorado Springs Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 68 Low: 43.

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Here are the top stories in Colorado Springs today:

1. A wrong-way driver shut down northbound I-25 for hours after colliding with another vehicle on Sunday. Witnesses told police they saw a van traveling southbound in the northbound lanes just before crashing into a Dodge Charger. The wreck happened at the Cimarron exit (141) just after 2:20 a.m. (KKTV 11 News)
2. On Saturday, drivers were asked to avoid the area of Rampart Range Road and Loy Creek Road in El Paso County amid black ice and snowpack dangers. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has sanded the affected roadway and, as of Sunday morning, EPSO Dispatch is not receiving additional reports of stranded motorists in the area. (FOX21News.com)
3. Small Business Saturday is officially underway in downtown Colorado Springs as a program meant to encourage shoppers to patronize local businesses. (FOX21News.com)
4. Colorado Springs Fire officials have an important message after a fire broke out at a house on the 1000 block of Clemson Drive in eastern Colorado Springs on Saturday. The cause was determined to be an unattended cigarette. (KKTV 11 News)

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— Rachel Kilimnik

About me: Rachel is a born-and-raised New Yorker who recently relocated to the mountains in the west. She is a freelance copywriter for the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is assisting Patch.com with community newsletter curation. During her free time, you can find Rachel roller skating, making pottery, drinking tea, and tending to her growing collection of houseplants.