Mother's car chase halts abductor

A US mother who saw her five-year-old daughter being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt.

Police say the incident unfolded when the woman saw her child being forced into a car.

She jumped into her vehicle and gave chase for about seven miles, unaware the man had pushed the girl out of the car shortly after grabbing her. The girl was not injured.

The mother followed the suspect and finally rammed into his car near a junction. He fled on foot.

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are still searching for the man, who they say matches the description of a suspect who sexually assaulted and returned a girl in the same neighbourhood last week.