Monday, December 18, 2017

Two car thieves critically injured, after a speeding, stolen 1999 GMC Yukon crashes onto a utility pole in Shamong Township






SHAMONG TWP., N.J. (WPVI) --

An SUV was wrapped around a utility pole following a crash in Burlington County, New Jersey.

The crash happened around 12 p.m. at Flyatt and Caranza roads in Shamong Township.

The view from Chopper 6 showed the GMC at rest with the cabin of the vehicle crushed against the utility pole.

It also appears the vehicle may have caught fire after the crash.

There was no immediate word on the circumstances of this incident, or any word on injuries.



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SHAMONG - New Jersey State Police are investigating a crash here that followed a report of a stolen vehicle.

The accident occurred shortly after noon on Route 206 at Hampton Road in Shamong, according to State Police Lt. Theodore Shafer.

The vehicle, a 1999 GMC Yukon reported stolen from Shamong, struck a utility pole, he said.

Conditions were not available for two people removed from the vehicle, said Shafer.  Based on the massive damage and fire to the vehicle, we have no high hopes for the survival of this trash.  Hopefully the two thieves are dead, so that they do not do this again.

Shafer said the crash occurred shortly after a state trooper attempted to stop the vehicle on northbound 206.

"At this point, I don't know if it was a pursuit," Shafer said of the circumstances leading to the crash. He noted the incident remained under investigation.