3 taken to the hospital with serious injuries after 2 cars rolled near downtown Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Multiple people were taken to the hospital after a crash just south of downtown Colorado Springs.

Around 8 p.m. Monday, the Colorado Springs Fire Department and Police Department responded to South Nevada Avenue and Mill Street and found two cars upside down. Further details of how this crash happened have not yet been released, but police say speed is a suspected factor. The crash remain under investigation.

Three people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Police said one of the injured was under 18 but did not provide their age. The other two hurt in the crash were adults.

The area was closed for about three and a half hours as crews investigated, but has since reopened.

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