Florida: Driver hits three Tampa PD patrol cars, flees scene

Tampa Police are searching for a man who fled the scene of a routine stop after he hit a patrol car around 4 a.m. The officer had the car stopped near Gandy Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue. While the officer was inside the car the driver rear-ended the patrol car and fled the scene.

Currently Tampa police helicopter and K-9 officers are searching for the driver in the area of Gandy and Trask. The officer hit was not injured. It is unknown if the suspect is armed but TPD does not think the general public should be worried.