Updated: Thu Nov. 05 2009 12:40:28

ctvwinnipeg.ca

Police are searching for a driver who hit another car and then drove away.

The incident happened on the Trans-Canada Highway near Angle Road in Portage la Prairie on Wednesday night.

The victim was an 18-year-old who was driving a Volvo. They were in the passing lane when another car crashed into it from behind. The teenager's vehicle went into the ditch and rolled several times before it landed on the edge of a road.

The driver who hit the Volvo drove away from the scene of the crime, according to officers.

Witnesses say the suspect's vehicle was speeding and swerving from one side of the road to the other.

The teenager was able to get out of the car just minutes before it was hit a second time.

Police are searching for the driver of the first vehicle that hit the Volvo. It is a four-door older model Buick, which may be a Skylark model. It is dark brown or red in colour with a broken tail light.