ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A search is underway for an armed robbery suspect who crashed into a vehicle in Casselberry after he tried to flee from authorities.
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The initial armed robbery happened in a parking lot in the 1300 block of South Orlando Avenue Tuesday afternoon, says Winter Park Police.
The suspect allegedly fled from the scene in a 1992 four-door Chevy vehicle as police officers tried to stop him.
According to authorities, the man turned onto Lake Howell Road at Tuscarora Trail and crashed into 2008 Ford SUV. He fled the scene of the crash on foot.
There were two people in the vehicle that was hit -- one 52-year-old woman and one 16-year-old girl -- who according to a report for the Florida Highway Patrol, are both in critical condition at the hospital.
Winter Park and Casselberry Police say they established a perimeter after the crash to find the suspect.
As of 5:45 p.m., police say they suspended the immediate area search in the Casselberry neighborhood near Lake Howell and Tuscarora, while a wider search continues.
Lake Forrest Preparatory School, which is nearby the scene of the crash, was placed on "red" lockdown earlier as a precaution, but it has since been changed to a "yellow" lockdown, where parents were able to pick up their children.