New Details Emerge On 7-Eleven Crash In Bensalem

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA — Five township juveniles were taken into custody after the car they were in crashed through the 7-Eleven on Street Road on Thursday afternoon.

Bensalem Police released more details on Friday about the crash, saying that one police officer also sustained a non-life-threatening injury to his leg while taking one of the juveniles into custody.

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Bensalem Police responded at 2:35 p.m. to an alert that a stolen vehicle had just passed through the intersection of Hulmeville Road and Street Road.

The vehicle, a 2017 Hyundai Sonata, had been reported stolen from Philadelphia on Monday, police said.

Patrol officers and detectives, assisted by multiple drones, located the vehicle near Brookwood Drive and Parkview Drive.

Officers attempted to block it with a marked patrol vehicle to prevent a vehicle pursuit, but the Hyundai struck the police vehicle and then a vehicle driven by a member of the public before heading south on Brookwood Drive toward Street Road.

Police said the driver entered the intersection against a steady red light, drove through the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at 1644 Street Road, and crashed into the building.

Police said three juveniles fled after the crash and were caught. Two other juveniles who were dropped off before the driver fled from police were later taken into custody.

The driver was later transported to the Bucks County Youth Detention Center. The other juveniles were released to a parent or family member.