Stolen SUV driver flees scene after crashing into another vehicle, pedestrian injured in North Philly

Saturday, April 18, 2020
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are searching for the driver of an SUV who fled the scene after crashing into another vehicle and injuring a pedestrian.

The crash occurred around 10:30 p.m. Friday at 17th and Diamond streets in North Philadelphia.

Police said a man carjacked someone earlier and took off with the SUV.
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A nearby pizza shop's surveillance camera captured the stolen SUV slamming into another vehicle.

The impact sent one of the vehicles careening into a 21-year-old woman as she was crossing the intersection.

Police said the stolen SUV driver then got out and fled the scene leaving the woman critically injured.
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She was taken by emergency officials to Temple University Hospital.



Investigators are working to get a description of the suspect.
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