Crime & Safety

Crazy Video Of Car Running Stoplight In Busy Newark Intersection

Other drivers had to slam on their brakes to avoid a crash.

NEWARK, CA — Police officers often consider themselves hard boiled - they've seen and heard it all.

But Newark Police are admitting that they were taken aback recently by video of a car running a red light.

With three lanes of turning cross-traffic going through the intersection, a car barely slows down as it cuts through the traffic. The drivers who had a green light slammed on their brakes to prevent a pile-up.

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According to police, the driver who ran the light got a ticket.

-Image via Newark Police

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