Three
Newark police officers were released from the hospital after what officials say
was a wild pursuit that began in Kenilworth.
Police
say they spotted a vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint
from Kenilworth near Springfield Avenue and Market Street. They tried to pull
the driver over but say he instead led them on a chase through
Newark, East Orange, Belleville and Irvington.
During
that pursuit, the suspect’s vehicle struck a Newark police vehicle at Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Irvine Turner Boulevard.
During
the chase, another unmarked Newark police vehicle was struck by a private
vehicle at Springfield Avenue and Hunterdon Street. A civilian driver was taken
to University Hospital.
In
the end, another Newark police vehicle was struck at Madison and Shanley
avenues. The vehicle wound up in
the front yard of a home.
Two
of the injured officers were involved in that accident.
The
suspect’s vehicle eventually stopped in the 700 block of S. 14th Street, where
three suspects took off on foot. They were eventually arrested inside a vacant
home.
All
three injured officers were treated at University Hospital for pain and
released. There was no further information released about the suspects.