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FOUNTAIN, COLO. -- The victims in Saturday's fatal crash have been identified.

Three people were killed on I-25 when a driver drove the wrong way down the Interstate.

The driver of that car has been identified as 36-year-old Michael Russell of Colorado Springs.

Russell struck another SUV head on, killing the driver and passenger.

They have been identified as 38-year-old Binu George and 36-year-old Aleysa George, both of Pueblo West.

The investigation is ongoing.

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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) -- The Colorado State Patrol says three people are dead after an SUV traveling the wrong way on southbound Interstate 25 south of Colorado Springs struck another SUV head on.

Troopers say they suspect alcohol played a role in the crash around 1 a.m. Saturday.

The State Patrol says it received three separate reports of a vehicle heading the wrong way near Fountain, but the SUV had already crashed when a trooper found it.

The crash killed the driver of Toyota SUV that was going the wrong way and the driver and passenger in the Acura SUV that was hit. Their names weren't immediately released.

I-25 was closed for about five hours early Saturday while troopers investigated the crash.

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