Man witnessed people tackle car theft suspect in Colorado Springs after crash

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – On the southeast aspect of Colorado Springs, group members jumped into motion after a crash on Hutchinson Drive and East Fountain Boulevard.

The incident all started within the early afternoon hours on Thursday when somebody left their automobile stalling or puffing on Circle Drive. The suspect noticed this as a chance to drive off with the automobile. The automobile’s proprietor chased after the automobile on foot and that’s when police say the suspect hit one other automobile.

Police say the suspect is a 31-year-old man with a felony historical past involving automobiles.

The suspect was additionally wished for a number of warrants, together with motorized vehicle theft fees and 5 counts of reckless driving and potential assault.

After hitting one automobile, he reportedly saved driving and rear ended a second automobile.

Police inform us the suspect then begins doing donuts in a parking zone and hit a light-weight pole. He then hit a 3rd vehicle- the one up on the sidewalk.

The suspect then tried to run from the scene however some individuals within the space noticed what was occurring and caught the suspect. They held him till police bought there.

One witness, who noticed all of it go down, says he heard all of the screams after the crash.

“Not this block however the subsequent block, there was a crew of workmen working,” witness Melvin Quinlan stated. “And all I heard was a bunch of screams and the whole lot after which I assume that’s when he ran and collapsed. And so they have been selecting him up and carrying him down this fashion and over right here. They stopped about the place these mailboxes are over there and that’s the final, I do know.”

The suspect is in police custody and no was injured in any of the crashes.

Earlier the lanes on Fountain have been closed as they investigated. All lanes of site visitors at the moment are again open.

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