Police are investigating an incident in central Salina Thursday morning in which the back of a car was rammed by a pickup.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported this morning that a patrol officer was driving in the 1000 block of Highland Avenue at 9:15 a.m. Thursday and noticed a red 2015 Ford Fiesta sitting at an odd angle in the street. As the officer drove by, he realized the car was up over the curb and had struck a mailbox belonging to a 62-year-old Salina woman, Forrester noted. Damage to the mailbox was estimated at $200 he added.
The driver of the Fiesta told the officer that her car had been hit by a pickup, causing it to strike the mailbox, Forrester explained.
According to Forrester, "witnesses reported hearing two vehicles accelerating and then a black Ford pickup hit the rear end of the Fiesta causing it to strike the mailbox."
The incident was not random as it appeared that the pickup deliberately struck the back of the car, Forrester noted. A person of interest has been determined, he added.
Damage to the car was estimated at $1,000, Forrester noted.