Car reportedly rams into police cruiser; large search underway for driver

DAYTON — Police are currently looking for a person who’s accused of ramming into a cruiser in Dayton.

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News Center 7′s Malik Patterson is on the scene, working to learn more about the search. He’ll have the latest tonight on News Center 7 at 5:00.

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A countywide call for assistance was put out around 1:30 p.m. after a person allegedly rammed into a police cruiser in the area of W. Siebenthaler and Salem Avenues, according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch.

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After the cruiser was hit, the driver ran from the scene toward an apartment complex on Wentworth Avenue, and a countywide call for officer assistance was dropped.

News Center 7 crews reported seeing over a dozen cruisers from Dayton Police and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at the scene.

The area around an apartment complex on Wentworth Avenue has been blocked off with crime scene tape.

The countywide call for assistance has since been canceled.

We’ll update this story as we learn more.

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