DENVER (KDVR) — A suspect in connection with two hit-and-run incidents Saturday in Clear Creek County is in custody, according to law enforcement.
The Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office said that the first hit-and-run incident occured around noon, where the suspect allegedly hit a parked vehicle in the parking lot of Safeway in the town of Idaho Springs.
According to the sheriff’s office, officers attempted to make contact with the alleged suspect at his home. At that time, the suspect was reported traveling in a vehicle eastbound on Dumont Road.
A Clear Creek deputy, along with an officer with the Idaho Springs Police Department, responded and stopped the vehicle, attempting to get the alleged suspect to exit the vehicle.
“Instead, the suspect put his vehicle in reverse, knocking over the officer as he drove backward to try to flee,” said the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office said the officer was transported as a precautionary measure and is “expected to be okay.”
After allegedly knocking over the officer, the suspect then drove east on Dumont Road and then entered east on Interstate 70 around mile marker 236. The sheriff’s office said that a deputy, shortly after, also entered east on I-70, ultimately locating the suspect traveling on the interstate in the right lane, which was around mile marker 236.
The deputy then attempted to initiate a traffic stop, but the suspect allegedly “veered left,” pushing the Clear Creek patrol vehicle into the center barrier, causing the vehicle to be damaged, said the sheriff’s office.
The vehicle was said to have exited the highway at Fall River Road, prompting a search for the suspect. The Idaho Springs department also issued a shelter-in-place at around 3:00 p.m. for residents and businesses in the areas of Lawson and Dumont.
At around 3:15 p.m., the sheriff’s office reported that the suspect was taken into custody after allegedly crashing near West Dumont Road and Stanley Road.
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