ROCKY FORD, Colo. (AP) — Police in southern Colorado are looking for a person who stabbed an officer and took off in his marked cruiser.

The officer was stabbed Tuesday in Rocky Ford, a city of about 3,800 people about 160 miles southeast of Denver.

KOAA-TV reported that a 21-year-old woman stabbed the officer during a welfare check before taking off in the cruiser.

The officer is expected to survive.