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Car stolen with 3-month-old baby in backseat

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Tuesday, a car was stolen from a parking lot with a 3-month-old baby in the back seat.

According to Colorado Springs police, a woman left her car running unattended when she 1800 block of S. Nevada Ave.

Once inside, the suspect, a juvenile, got into the driver's seat and drove away with the child still inside the car.

The victim began running after the car, and a witness in the parking lot offered her a ride. The two of them then chased after her stolen car.

Shortly after, the suspect jumped out of the still-moving vehicle and began to run. The car kept moving until colliding with a parked car in the 1000 block of Rice Dr.

The suspect later jumped out of the moving vehicle and began to run as the vehicle continued traveling with the infant in the backseat. The stolen vehicle collided with a parked car in the 1000 block of Rice Dr. 

CSPD says despite the crash, the baby wasn't hurt.

Police used a drone to track and find the suspect. He was taken into custody.

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