Madison police are searching for a man who reportedly stole a vehicle Saturday with two small children inside, then crashed it into two unoccupied parked cars before fleeing.
The children, whose ages were not released, were found at the crash scene on the Far East Side near North Thompson Drive and Swanton Road at about 8:40 p.m., police said.
The children were taken to a hospital to be checked out but were not injured.
As officers were investigating the crash, a woman called 911 to say her car had been stolen from a gas station with two children inside, police said. The woman said she’d loaned the vehicle to a family member earlier in the day and the family member later told police she’d been at the gas station when a stranger forced her out of the car and drove away.
A police dog and drone were brought in to help locate the man who ran from the crash scene, police said
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Police ask anyone with information about the incident to contact Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014 or p3tips.com. Information can be shared anonymously and if it leads to an arrest the person who shared it could get a cash reward.
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