Driver in custody after chain-reaction crash in West Philadelphia

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Saturday, May 6, 2017
Driver in custody after chain-reaction crash in West Philadelphia
Driver in custody after chain-reaction crash in West Philadelphia. Gray Hall reports during Action News at 6am on May 6, 2017.

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The driver involved in a crash in West Philadelphia early Saturday morning is in police custody.

The crash happened around 1 a.m. in the 500 block of south 54th Street near Cedar Avenue.

Police say that driver lost control and triggered a chain-reaction crash that damaged a total of five vehicles.

One person was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver was taken into custody, but there was no immediate word on any charges.

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