Bensalem Township Police are investigating an incident involving a stolen vehicle that crashed into a building in the 1600 block of Street Road.
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Bensalem police have apprehended five township teens who they allege were riding in a stolen vehicle that struck two vehicles before crashing into an 7-Eleven store.
One Bensalem police officer sustained a leg injury while taking a suspect into custody, police said in an updated press release Friday.
The incident occurred Thursday afternoon when police attempted to stop the vehicle, reported stolen out of Philadelphia on Oct. 26, after it passed Street and Hulmeville roads.
The stolen 2017 Hyundai Sonata near Brookwood and Parkview drives and attempted to block the Hyundai with a marked police cruiser to prevent a vehicle pursuit, according to an updated Crimewatch post Friday.
The Hyundai then struck the police car and an unrelated passing vehicle before fleeing south on Brookwood Drive toward Street Road and ignoring a steady red light and drove through the parking lot at the 7-Eleven in the 1600 block of Street Road and crashed into the store, police said.
It was not immediately know if there were any customers or workers inside the store.
Three juveniles in the car ran from the accident scene, but they were quickly located and taken into police custody.
Investigators determined that two additional juveniles in the car had been dropped off before the driver fled from police, and they were also taken into custody, police said in a press release.
The driver was later transported to the Bucks County Youth Detention Center in Doylestown. The other juveniles were released to a parent or family member, police said.
All five juvenile suspects are Bensalem residents, but no additional information regarding their identities will be released because they are minors.
(This story has been updated to add additional new information.)
Crime and Courts Reporter Jo Ciavaglia can be reached at jciavaglia@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Update: Bensalem juveniles charged after stolen car slams into 7-Eleven
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This story was originally published October 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM.