**UPDATED 5:58a.m.**
Police officials in Newark are reporting that Newark Police apprehended two suspects after robbing three victims using three different vehicles last night and this morning.
The following is a timeline of events that led to the suspects crashing into a bus in Newark according to police:
At 11:35 p.m., a victim was robbed at gunpoint in the 200 block of Eastern Parkway by two masked suspects who were driving a white Ford van with Massachusetts plates.
At 11:40 p.m., a victim was robbed at gunpoint by two masked suspects driving a white U-Haul van at Poe Avenue near South Orange Ave.
At 1:16 a.m. police responded to a report of a robbery in the 200 block of Park Avenue. Two suspects fitting the same description as in previous robberies, in a white church van, approached a man and demanded his cash.
At 2:04 a.m., Maplewood police officers observed the same white van in their city. Maplewood PD pursued the vehicle into Newark.
Police say during the pursuit, a Maplewood police vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a civilian car near the intersection of Colgate and Broom. No one was seriously injured. A civilian driver refused medical treatment at the scene.
Members of the Essex County Sheriff’s Department continued the pursuit striking a New Jersey Transit bus near Springfield Avenue and S. 17th Street police said.
Police say nine passengers and a driver were on the bus, but no serious injuries were reported.
Newark Police apprehended the two suspects and a weapon was recovered.