LONE TREE, Colo. — Police in Lone Tree are looking for two people who were involved in a carjacking Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 25.
Lone Tree Police said in a release that it started about 4 p.m. Tuesday when someone in a stolen black Ford F-350 was driving recklessly and caused a multi-car crash on northbound I-25 just south of the RidgeGate Parkway exit. There were two people in the truck, a man and a woman, and they had a knife, police said.
The release said both of the people from the truck forced their way into a car driven by a woman who had stopped after the crash. The man and woman then forced her to drive a short distance from the scene of the crash, according to the release.
The woman from the truck hit the victim several times while she was driving, according to the release, and then forced her out of the car. The man and woman drove away in the victim's car, throwing her cellphone out of the window along the highway. The stolen vehicle was later found in Denver near I-25 and Interstate 70.
Police said the victim suffered minor injuries and was treated at a hospital.
Anyone who saw the crash in Lone Tree or has any information about the case is encouraged to contact Detective Lori Mohr at 720-509-1179 or lori.mohr@cityoflonetree.com. The anonymous Lone Tree Police Department tip line is 720-509-1160.
