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UPDATE: Crash Critically Injures Newark Police Department Employee

Newark

An early Friday evening car crash that occurred in downtown Newark has a Newark Police Department employee fighting for his life in a city hospital.

According to authorities, the violent crash happened at around 4 pm at the intersection of Bleeker and Washington streets where emergency responders rushed to the scene to find the two car collision.

The severely injured victim -A Public Safety Communicator- for the police department was trnasorted to University Hospital in an unconscious state where he remains in critical condition authorities said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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