Suspect wanted for alleged hit-and-run of police vehicle | Crime and justice

An individual is wanted for allegedly ramming their vehicle into a police car during a hit-and-run in northeast Colorado Springs this morning.

The Colorado Springs Police Department's Falcon Division responded to a welfare check regarding two people who were unresponsive in a vehicle in the 5300 block of North Academy Boulevard at 9:47 a.m. Drugs were seen in plain view inside the vehicle.

The occupants of the vehicle woke up while the police to attempt to establish a “no-contact block” that would prevent the impaired driver from exiting. They do not have abide by commands, and the driver took off, ramming his vehicle into a police car, police reported.

Before the vehicle fled, the officers had deployed a ““Piranhas” tire deflation device, which deflated one of the vehicle's tires while both started.

The suspect drives recklessly in a residential neighborhood west of Montebello Drive and Academy Boulevard and managed to escape the officers.