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Carjacking Suspect Captured After Wild Police Chase in Newark

Newark

A wild police pursuit for a suspect wanted for a carjacking Monday evening ended with a crash and arrest. 

Police began following and tried to pull over a car wanted for a carjacking in Newark's South Ward, but the driver sped away from officers prompting the pursuit.  

The chase touched off in several neighborhoods in the city but finally ended with a collision on the border of Newark's Central and South Ward around 8:12 p.m. 

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The suspect attempted to flee the Clinton Avenue and Murray Street crash scene, but officers successfully arrested the suspect. 

Male and female Newark civilians who occupied a 2004 Gold Durango suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the collision after their vehicle was struck during the crash. 

No officers were injured in the pursuit. 

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