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March 29, 2007

Driver flees after bumping Providence police cruiser

PROVIDENCE -- A minor accident on Federal Hill around 3 p.m. today has spawned a police search for the driver of a rented Dodge Stratus.

Here’s how it went down:

The gray Stratus collided with something in its path and fled the scene, only to return after circling the block. The driver’s downfall is that a police officer in a cruiser happened to witness that initial collision and then recognized the Stratus once it circled back around to the scene, according to the police.

The cruiser pulled into the lane to cut off the Stratus and prevent it from getting away. The driver jumped out of the vehicle and fled. His mistake? He left the car in gear, and so it rolled forward and bumped the police cruiser at the intersection of Kenyon and America streets.

The man’s on the run now, but the police are pretty confident they’ll find him. They know who he is from the rental car agreement.

The passenger wasn’t as light-footed, and he is now in police custody.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson, with reports from Journal staff writer Gregory Smith

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 4:22 PM | Permalink

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