Crime & Safety
Car Crashes Into Newark Apartment Building: Photos
Two apartments are uninhabitable, displacing three people.
NEWARK, CA — A car barreled into an apartment building in Newark Friday evening, injuring the driver, and damaging two apartments to the point where the residents had to get out, according to the Alameda County Fire Department.
A total of three adults have been displaced. The residents were not injured in the crash. All of them are able to stay with family members, according to the fire department.
The crash happened just after 6 p.m. at Newark Boulevard and Dairy Avenue.
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Firefighters shored-up the building after the vehicle was removed.
Newark: Car crashes into apartment bldg at Newark Blvd & Dairy Ave, displaces 3 adults & injures 1 adult. Under investigation by Newark PD. pic.twitter.com/WEgidioMi9
— Alameda County Fire (@AlamedaCoFire) April 1, 2017
The accident is under investigation by Newark Police.
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Roll call of first responders who helped the victims:
- Alameda County Fire Battalion 7, Truck 28, Rescue 24, Engine 27, Engine 30, Engine 24 and Engine 33
- Newark Police Department
- Paramedics Plus
-Top photo via Alameda County Fire Department
A Patch reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, shared six photos on the Newark Patch Facebook page of the aftermath of the crash.
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