A car accident in a Colorado Springs, Colorado, parking lot early in the morning of Jan. 15 caused police to arrest the driver on suspicion of drinking and driving. The officers were near the vicinity of the parking lot because of a similar accident just a few minutes prior. The driver in the first accident was suspected of hit and run and DUI but police were unable to locate him.

According to Colorado Springs police, just before 2:00 a.m. a Ford Expedition backing out of a parking space struck a white car parked in the lot. The SUV pulled away from the car and struck a tow truck as it left the lot, officers claimed. The tow truck driver gave chase as the Expedition hit a street sign and a light pole on the street before veering off the road and into a nearby building.

The driver of the Expedition got out of the vehicle and left. Officers searched the area but were not able to find him.

Shortly afterward, a pickup truck struck the same white car in the lot where the original collision occurred. Police swarmed back to the lot and arrested the pickup driver, a 30-year-old man, a few block away. He was charged with DUI and hit and run.

Despite the long series of crashes, nobody was injured. The building was also not seriously damaged.

In Colorado, leaving the scene of an accident where damage has occurred but no personal injuries is a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.

Source: Colorado Connection, "Bizarre hit-and-runs lead to DUI arrest," Jaryd Wilson, Jan. 16, 2012