A suspected drunk driver "seriously injured" a 9-year-old in a crash near the northwest side of Colorado Springs Thursday evening, police said.Â
Colorado Springs police responded to a crash at the intersection of Highway 83 and Powers Boulevard around 7:25 p.m. after a white Land Rover SUV tried to make an unprotected left turn, officers said.
The Land Rover, heading south on Colorado 83, tried to turn onto Powers Boulevard. A Blue Subaru heading north on Highway 83 with a green light hit the Land Rover as it tried to turn, police said.
Emergency responders took a 9-year-old passenger to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Officers arrested the driver of the Land Rover, 37-year-old Lindsay Harrison, on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular assault among other traffic violations.