The Colorado State Patrol said a semi crashed into a Weld County Sheriff's Office Patrol vehicle early Wednesday morning, injuring a deputy. The crash happened about 4:13 a.m. near Frederick.

According to investigators, the Weld County deputy was parked on the right shoulder behind an unoccupied Nissan Rogue that was waiting for a tow after a DUI arrest. That's when the semi struck the deputy's patrol vehicle.

An overturned semi blocked several lanes of I-25 near Frederick on Wednesday morning. CDOT

Investigators said the semi ran off the road into a ditch between I-25 and a frontage road. Only one southbound lane of I-25 was open near mile marker 236.

The deputy was rushed to the hospital and the extent of the deputy's injuries are not known, according to CSP.

The CSP Hazmat Unit

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