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Escondido police arrested a man suspected of crashing a stolen van into another car, then running away Tuesday afternoon.

Richard Berumen, 38, of Escondido, was taken into custody on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing injury and vehicle theft, police said.

A man called police shortly after 1 p.m. and said he’d just seen his stolen Toyota Sienna van being driven at Valley Parkway and Ash Street, police said. The man recognized it from its broken headlight even though it had the wrong license plate, Lanigan said.