Chase involving carjacking suspect ends with crash in Tinicum Township: Police

The crash happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday on I-95 northbound between Rt. 420 and Rt. 291.

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Chase involving carjacking suspect ends with crash in Tinicum Township: Police

TINICUM TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A chase involving a carjacking suspect ended with a crash in Tinicum Township, Delaware County.

The crash happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday on I-95 northbound between Rt. 420 and Rt. 291.

Delaware State Police tell Action News troopers were pursuing a carjacked vehicle.

Troopers said the car was stolen from the parking lot of a treatment facility on the 3300 block of Kirkwood Highway just before 3 p.m. The car was spotted shortly after in Wilmington, Delaware.

Delaware State Police pursued the car on I-95 North, where it crashed in Tinicum Township.

The female carjacking suspect was taken into custody and transported to an area hospital.

The owner of the car was also taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, officials say.

The crash caused some delays in the northbound lanes of the highway.

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