A serious crash shut down a roadway east of Colorado Springs Wednesday morning.

News5 first learned of the crash just before 4 a.m. At 4:15 a.m. the Colorado State Patrol posted to social media that westbound Terminal Avenue at Conrad Street was closed due to the crash. The area is east of Powers Boulevard and north of Platte Avenue in the Cimarron Hills area.

"Preliminary reports indicate that a motorcycle rider was traveling westbound on Terminal Avenue, west of Conrad Street," part of a news release from Colorado State Patrol reads. "The rider came up to a hard right-hand turn and went through the end of the lane and collided with a large concrete barrier and the motorcycle rider was ejected."

The motorcyclist was only identified as a 24-year-old man. The roadway was back open at about 7 a.m.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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