Dead drivers and pedestrian identified in fatal crash on I-25 last weekend in Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The two deceased drivers and a deceased pedestrian involved in a crash on I-25 last weekend in Colorado Springs have been identified.

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According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), they received a report of a car traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of I-25 just before 5 a.m. on Sunday, May 26. The caller said a head-on crash had occurred. The caller said a Kia Sportage traveling in the wrong direction collided with a Volkswagen traveling in the right direction.

According to CSPD, immediately after the crash, a man stopped to help and was struck by another vehicle while attempting to cross I-25. That man was identified as 64-year-old Joel Montalvo.

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According to CSPD, one of the drivers and Joël Montalvo were pronounced dead at the scene. A second driver was transported to a local hospital but died of his injuries.

The El Paso County coroner identified the driver of the wrong-way Kia Sportage as 37-year-old Darlisse River-Albino and the driver of the Volkswagen as 46-year-old Heidi Jackson.

CSPD said this is still an active investigation and at this time drugs and/or alcohol are considered factors in this crash.