Crime & Safety
Crash In Belleville Sends Two Cops And Another Driver To Hospital
The officers were responding to a carjacking at the time; Both are now home and recovering.
A car crash sent two Belleville police officers and another driver to the hospital on Sunday evening.
The crash took place near the intersection of Washington Avenue and Mill Street around 8:15 p.m., as the officers were responding to a reported carjacking.
Emergency responders transported the officers to University Hospital in Newark, and the other driver to Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville.
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Both officers and the civilian driver have been released from the hospital.
According to a police spokesman, neither officer suffered a serious injury.
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As of Wednesday, police said that the cause of the crash is under investigation and declined to comment further, but stated that two witnesses have confirmed the officers’ account of events.
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