{"id":317987,"date":"2026-10-31T01:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317987\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T01:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:04:11","slug":"update-bensalem-juveniles-charged-after-stolen-car-slams-into-7-eleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317987\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Bensalem juveniles charged after stolen car slams into 7-Eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2357ecd4-ac93-484c-9230-034cd3e1939b.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Bensalem Township Police are investigating an incident involving a stolen vehicle that crashed into a building in the 1600 block of Street Road.\" alt=\"Bensalem Township Police are investigating an incident involving a stolen vehicle that crashed into a building in the 1600 block of Street Road.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Bensalem Township Police are investigating an incident involving a stolen vehicle that crashed into a building in the 1600 block of Street Road.<\/p>\n<p>                Provided by Bensalem Police<\/p>\n<p>            USA TODAY Network, Reuters<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>One Bensalem police officer sustained a leg injury while taking a suspect into custody, police said in an updated press release Friday.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p> It was not immediately know if there were any customers or workers inside the store.<\/p>\n<p>Three juveniles in the car ran from the accident scene, but they were quickly located and taken into police custody. <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>All five juvenile suspects are Bensalem residents, but no additional information regarding their identities will be released because they are minors.<\/p>\n<p>(This story has been updated to add additional new information.)<\/p>\n<p>Crime and Courts Reporter Jo Ciavaglia can be reached at jciavaglia@gannett.com.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Update: Bensalem juveniles charged after stolen car slams into 7-Eleven<\/p>\n<p>Reporting by Jo Ciavaglia, Bucks County Courier Times \/ Bucks County Courier Times<\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Copyright Reuters or USA Today via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published October 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bensalem Township Police are investigating an incident involving a stolen vehicle that crashed into a building in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-317987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}