Several people were taken to the hospital after a crash that occurred in the city's South Ward this morning -Thursday-.
The two-car crash happened at around 10 a.m. on the Lehigh Avenue and Osborne Terrace side of the Beth Israel Hospital where the vehicles somehow lost control and collided according to preliminary reports.
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Rapid responding emergency crews from The Newark's Fire Department, University Hospital Rescue, and Newark Police arrived to find the severely damaged vehicles with injured occupants.
Our field staff observed three individuals being assisted by EMS with one of the victims, a female, being extricated from the black vehicle shown in the video/photos provided. Newark's Bravest Firefighters cut the door off the vehicle to remove the woman.
None of the victims appeared to have life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by Newark Police.