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7 injured after driver runs red light in Colorado Springs

Posted at 5:15 PM, Jan 15, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-15 19:15:33-05

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Police say seven people were injured, two of them seriously, in crashes triggered by a pickup driver who ran a red light in Colorado Springs.

They say the pickup driver hit one car which in turn was hit by a third vehicle around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. The pickup driver ran away but police said they later found and arrested the 23-year-old suspected driver.

The other five people who were injured were treated and released from the hospital.

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