Police placed a male driver of a truck in custody this afternoon after he attempted to elude police, ultimately causing a crash that sent an officer and several others to the hospital.
The incident began at around 2:30 p.m.in the Ironbound section then to Route 78 west when police attempted to pull over the driver of a tractor trailer when the driver ignored officers attempts and sped off onto the westbound lanes of the highway.
Officers immediately ceased following the truck as it made it's way onto the highway.
Shortly before 2:50 p.m. in the area of South 20th Street and Hawthorne Avenue, the speeding truck crashed into several vehicles and a cop car, sending about 7 people to the hospital including a Newark Police Officer.
None of the injuries were reported to be life threatening.
It is not immediately clear if the truck was reported stolen as of 3:15 p.m.