Springs police search for driver in road rage incident

Colorado Springs police are searching for a driver who they said assaulted another driver with his car in a road rage incident.

The two drivers were pulled over on the side of North Academy Boulevard at about 9:00 a.m. when the road rage incident turned violent.

A 30-year-old man got out of his car and approached the driver of a pickup when the pickup driver hit him and drove off.

Police said the injured man was taken to a hospital in Colorado Springs with severe injuries.

Police said the suspect is a white man, possibly in his 30s.

The car was a sky blue or gray-colored pickup, possibly a Toyota Tundra, with an out-of-state license plate.

Police said they believe the pickup has light to moderate damage on its front and passenger side.

If you have any information, please call Colorado Springs police at 444-7000.