Three Inner City Teens Crash Stolen Vehicle on Garden State Parkway During Police Chase
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ—Three teenagers were charged following an early Tuesday police chase on the Garden State Parkway that resulted in a damaged patrol car, authorities reported. The pursuit began just before 5:00 AM when Upper Saddle River police started tailing a stolen 2023 Honda Civic along Route 17, which later merged onto the Garden State Parkway South. The chase escalated as Paramus police joined the pursuit. The stolen vehicle eventually lost control, with the driver intentionally striking a marked patrol car before crashing in the parkway’s south lanes, according to borough police Chief Robert M. Guidetti. Post-crash, while four