2 Dead After Car Fleeing From Cops Crashes Into Taxi In Union County: Authorities

ELIZABETH, NJ — The Attorney General’s Office is investigating after a car fleeing from police crashed into a taxi killing the driver and passenger in Elizabeth.

On Dec. 10 at around 5:42 a.m., police got to a call reporting the sound of gunfire in the area of Fourth and Center Streets in Elizabeth.

Officers briefly followed a vehicle of interest, which then crashed with a taxi at the intersection of Grand Street and Routes 1 and 9, according to the preliminary investigation.

The taxi driver and sole passenger of the taxi were killed. The two people are an adult man and an adult woman. Their identities are not being released at this time.

Two of the three occupants of the other vehicle were arrested and later hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Attorney General.

The third person got out of the car, ran away, and remains at large.

A 2019 law, P.L. 2019, c. 1, requires the Attorney General’s Office to conduct investigations of a person’s death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or while the decedent is in custody. It requires that all such investigations be presented to a grand jury to determine if the evidence supports the return of an indictment against the officer or officers involved.

The Union County Prosecutor’s Office is also investigating potential criminal conduct of the fatal accident and events preceding it.

The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time.

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