Authorities are investigating a shooting at a restaurant in New Jersey's largest city that led them to a wild car crash in which a vehicle was tipped entirely on its side, with one of the shooting victims inside, law enforcement officials said Monday.
It appeared an individual who had been wounded at the restaurant was en route to a hospital in the vehicle when they hit another car. Public safety officials say cops responded to the 700 block of Sanford Avenue in Newark around 3 a.m. for a report of a shooting. Responding officers found a man shot.
He was taken to a hospital, and is expected to survive.
Responding officers also found a motor vehicle that crashed at the scene of the shooting and was on its side. Two people were inside the crashed victim. One had to be extricated. Both are expected to be OK.
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Surveillance video showed the overnight crash, as the car was seen flying down the road as it lost control. It flipped repeatedly and hit a retaining wall before landing on its side.
The car crash took down a light pole and transformer, knowing out power at Abinger Place from Silver Street to South Orange Avenue. Officials say PSE&G has been notified.
The name of the restaurant where gunfire erupted was not released by police. Neighbors who live in the area said it wasn't the first time they've seen a crash on that stretch of road, and are now calling on the city to take action.
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The investigation is ongoing.
