CHESHIRE, Conn. (WTNH) – The Cheshire Department is looking for a stolen car that collided with a police cruiser Friday evening.
According to police, the collision happened at 7:17 p.m. at the Maplecroft Plaza on Highland Avenue.
A gray Acura TLX hit the police cruiser while attempting to exit through the northern driveway of the plaza. The vehicle fled the plaza heading north and was last seen turning east onto Pleasant Drive.
The vehicle was reported stolen to Waterbury police earlier in August. The registration reads BK48377 and there should be passenger-side front-end damage from the collision with the cruiser.
Police also released a video of the person they say is a person of interest in the case. He is scene exiting the involved vehicle, which he then abandoned in a private parking lot in Wallingford.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Cheshire Police Department at (203) 217-5500.