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Witnesses: Suspect Deliberately Caused Deadly Crash

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- Police in Colorado Springs are searching for a person who they believe deliberately caused a deadly crash.

The crash happened over the weekend on North Powers Boulevard in Colorado Springs. Three vehicles were tangled in the crash and one man died.

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Witnesses say they saw someone grab the wheel of a red SUV and forced the vehicle into oncoming traffic. Another driver traveling the opposite way barely escaped getting hit.

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"The red SUV was going southbound, it went over the curb, went airborne. I just happened to get out of the way of the car that went over the median," said witness George Feeley.

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That person believed to have caused the crash ran away. Police are still looking for that person.

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