9 Busted In NJ High School Fight; Principal Punched: Cops

Nine people were arrested Wednesday after a brawl at a New Jersey high school, a car crash involving police officers and a principal was punched, according to police.

Police were involved in a three-car collision as they were heading to Snyder High School in Jersey City on Wednesday to respond to the fight, according to nj.com.

Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione, a Jersey City spokeswoman, said the fight in front of Snyder High School led to the arrest of 9 people, including 8 juveniles and 1 adult. No injuries have been reported.

The incidents were first reported around 12 noon when two female students had a verbal fight that led the principal to send them home early, according to nj.com. The principal, Yvonne Waller, attempted to stop the girls as they attacked each other as they left, and a parent punched her; police then arrested the mother and her daughter.

At 3 p.m. cops returned to the school when the bigger brawl broke out and continued into the surrounding neighborhood, police said. A police officer sustained a minor injury while responding to the brawl, but no other injuries were reported.

It began with an altercation among many young adults at an undisclosed location on Martin Luther King Drive and a group fight ensued, according to The Hudson County View. The actors involved were mainly former Snyder students and others who had no affiliation to the school; but at least two of the nine people arrested were possibly students, according to the report.

This is a developing story. Patch will have more information as it comes in.