Crime & Safety

Police Car Chase Ends With Crash On Montclair State Campus

The driver ran into Bloomfield police cars on Normal Avenue.

A police car chase ended with a crash on the Montclair State University campus on Friday.

According to a MSU spokeswoman:

“A motor vehicle pursuit initiated by Bloomfield Police traveled through several jurisdictions with those jurisdictions’ law enforcements in pursuit. The suspect vehicle continued onto Normal Avenue cutting though Montclair State’s Lot 3 behind Panzer Gym, coming out thought Lots 7 and 8 before ultimately crashing into Bloomfield police vehicles on Normal Avenue where the suspect vehicle was stopped and suspect taken into custody by Bloomfield Police.”

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Since the university was closed on Friday, no students, staff and faculty were on campus, the spokeswoman told Patch.

A phone call to the Bloomfield Police Department on Friday afternoon seeking more information was not returned.

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