A person is in the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries after a Thursday crash along U.S. 24 by 21st Street.

According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, units responded to a head-on collision at the intersection at 8:47 p.m. When they arrived, they found five people who were injured. Three were transported to the hospital, and two were treated on scene.

The Police Department’s preliminary findings indicate that a vehicle travelling west on U.S. 24 crossed over the median, struck a car and then hit another one head on.

It is unknown if speed and alcohol or drugs were factors.

U.S. 24 was closed for over three hours Thursday for the crash.