UPDATED: 12:26 a.m.: Saturday:
Credit: Falls police
A wild high speed chase through the streets of Levittown left two young adults and a police officer hospitalized.
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Falls Township Lt. Hank Ward said Sgt. Ray Fanelli spotted a gray Audi speeding at well over 100 MPH on southbound Route 13 in the township around 9:30 p.m.
Fanelli began to pursue the vehicle after it failed to stop for him.
The Audi sped down Route 13 before turning onto Levittown Parkway in Tullytown. At that point, the car was greeted by Tullytown police, who set out stop sticks, but continued onto Kenwood Drive, Ward said.
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As another police car came towards the Audi near Kenwood Drive North and Kenwood Crossing, the driver slammed on the brakes, sending Fanelli’s police truck into a large boulder on a front lawn of a home and eventually into a small tree, Ward said. The boulder was pushed about five feet when the police vehicle struck it.
The Audi ended up crashing into a street sign and taking out 30 feet of a resident’s fence.
The Audi’s driver and backseat passenger were apprehended by police at the scene and two others fled the scene, Ward said. He also told LevittownNow.com the two who fled the scene were later taken into custody and transported to the Aria Health’s Bucks County campus for minor injuries.
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Fanelli suffered various non-life-threatening injuries and was being treated as of midnight at an area hospital, Ward said.
Police said they suspect drugs were involved in the chase, possibly even being used in the Audi during the pursuit.
The driver of the Audi was a 17-year-old who was released to the custody of his parents pending charges. The other three people in the car were young adults and authorities were deciding whether to charge them, Ward said.
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Bristol Township police remained at the scene as of midnight and were documenting the scene.
Original Story:
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Police from multiple departments rushed into the Kenwood section of Levittown in Bristol Township for an incident Friday night.
Neighbors said officers were pursuing a vehicle when it crashed in the area of Kenwood Drive North, Kingwood Lane and Kenwood Crossing. Another crash was dispatched around the same time on Kenwood Drive near the Levittown Town Center, but it was unclear if the incidents were connected.
At the scene near Kenwood Crossing, a Falls Township police truck crashed onto a yard and debris surrounded it.
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Neighbors told LevittownNow.com officers appeared to be searching for at least one suspect, possibly a teenager, in the area of the wreck.
