{"id":318001,"date":"2026-10-31T01:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/318001\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T01:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:28:26","slug":"update-bensalem-juveniles-charged-after-stolen-car-slams-into-7-eleven-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/318001\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Bensalem juveniles charged after stolen car slams into 7-Eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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><img alt=\"Bensalem Township Police are investigating an incident involving a stolen vehicle that crashed into a building in the 1600 block of Street Road.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1083\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bucks-county-courier-times\/83983e658a91c7ef41051193d80aeffb.jpg\"\/><\/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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More Bristol Township News for you <a data-ylk=\"slk:Bucks County DA drops attempted murder charge against man who shot dad;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2026\/10\/29\/attempted-murder-junell-osborne-bristol-township-shooting-bucks-county-plea-guilty\/91994099007\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bucks County DA drops attempted murder charge against man who shot dad<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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, <a data-ylk=\"slk:according to an updated Crimewatch post Friday.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/pa\/bucks\/bensalem-pd\/15488\/post\/updated-information-involving-stolen-vehicle-crashed-7-eleven\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">according to an updated Crimewatch post Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was not immediately know if there were any customers or workers inside the store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Three juveniles in the car ran from the accident scene, but they were quickly located and taken into police custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All five juvenile suspects are Bensalem residents, but no additional information regarding their identities will be released because they are minors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(This story has been updated to add additional new information.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crime and Courts Reporter Jo Ciavaglia can be reached at jciavaglia@gannett.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Update: Bensalem juveniles charged after stolen car slams into 7-Eleven;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2026\/10\/30\/stolen-car-hit-cars-before-slamming-into-bensalem-7-eleven-police\/92515710007\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Bensalem juveniles charged after stolen car slams into 7-Eleven<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bensalem police have apprehended five township teens who they allege were riding in a stolen vehicle that struck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-318001","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\/318001","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=318001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}