A motorcyclist who crashed after failing to negotiate a curve on Interstate 25 died late Thursday night, according to Colorado Springs police.

The driver was going northbound on I-25 between the Cimarron Street and Tejon Street exits shortly before 11 p.m. when they missed a curve and hit the median, police said in an online blotter entry

All southbound lanes and two of the northbound lanes were closed for several hours while the scene was investigated.

Police said speed is being investigated as a factor in this crash.

The motorcyclist will be identified by the El Paso County coroner at a later date.