A man is in custody after causing a major crash in southeast Colorado Springs Friday afternoon.

Colorado Springs police say they were first called to a multiple vehicle crash around 4:12 p.m. Officers say when they arrived to the intersection of South Academy Boulevard and Drennan Road, they immediately took a passenger of a pickup truck to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment. Police say the driver of the pickup truck, now identified as 26-year-old Hunter Thompson, fled the crash scene on foot.

Police say their investigation revealed the pickup truck had been involved in minor crashes just north of the intersection. The pickup truck continued southbound on South Academy Boulevard. entering the intersection of Drennan Road and collided with a garbage truck who was traveling westbound on Drennan Road through the intersection at South Academy Boulevard.

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