Police: Driver runs red light, man walking across street struck

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Police: Driver runs red light, crashes into man walking across street
Police: Driver runs red light, crashes into man walking across street. Matt O'Donnell reports during Action News Mornings on April 23, 2019.

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A driver ran a red light in West Philadelphia causing a two-car crash that sent a vehicle into a man walking across the street, police said.

It happened at 56th and Market streets around midnight Tuesday.

Police said the pedestrian, a man in his 20s, was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

A passenger in one of the vehicles is in stable condition.

Police took the driver that ran the light into custody, but there is no word on charges.