NORWICH – A Good Samaritan gave a Norwich police officer some help Wednesday in chasing down a road rage suspect.

Norwich police officers Matthew Seidel and Michael Krodel, of the department’s Community Policing Unit, were conducting a motor vehicle stop on Taftville-Occum Road after a reported road rage incident in which the vehicle was involved.

During the traffic stop of the suspected vehicle, the driver, later identified as 27-year-old Duane Crawford, 92 Sherwood Lane, Norwich, fled the scene on foot, engaging the officers in foot pursuit, police said.

During the pursuit, an unknown citizen passing by in a vehicle offered a ride to Seidel, which the officer accepted. Seidel was dropped off in front of Crawford on Taftville-Occum Road and Crawford was apprehended, police said.

The citizen left the scene, police said.

“The Norwich Police would like to thank the anonymous citizen who assisted in the apprehension” of Crawford, police said.

Crawford was charged with driving a motor vehicle while under suspension, possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine less than a half-ounce with intent to sell, interfering with police and second-degree breach of peace.

Police said Crawford was also found to be the subject of a remand to custody order issued by the state Department of Corrections for parole violation, police said. He was released to the department on a $10,000 bond pending his court date on June 16.