There are serious injuries being reported in an early morning pedestrian strike that happened in Newark's East Ward.
The incident happened at around 4:30 a.m. on Rt. 21 near Rt. 280 where emergency responder rushed to the scene of a crash with injuries reported.
Arriving crews found a motor vehicle crash with several injuries at that location.
A brief canvas of the area had emergency responders locate a male victim seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle.
A preliminary investigation indicated that the man pulled his vehicle over in an attempt to assist crash victims when a car struck him, causing serious injuries.
EMS transported about a half dozen victims to University Hospital including, the struck pedestrian, suffering various injuries.
Newark Police are investigating the cause of the crash and the pedestrian strike.