Police chase ends in fiery crash in East Orange, NJ; suspects at large

EAST ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) — A brief police chase ended in a crash in East Orange early Tuesday morning.

It happened shortly before 6 a.m. at Springdale and Midland Avenues.

Video from NewsCopter 7 over the scene showed a police SUV and a BMW sedan which had collided in the intersection.

Both vehicles sustained heavy damage. Smoke was pouring from the engine of BMW. Firefighters were on the scene working to control the situation.

The officer driving the police vehicle may have suffered an injury.

There was no immediate word on the extent of that injury or on the officer’s condition.

Eyewitness News is told the suspects in the vehicle fled the scene on foot, and police are still searching for them.

It is not clear why the BMW was being pursued or exactly where the chase began.

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