Traffic Stop Leads to Car Crash on Boulevard

Two men are in the hospital after police say a traffic stop led to a car crash on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Germantown section of the city early Saturday morning.

Pennsylvania State Police say they were trying to pull a car over around 2:30 a.m. at the Boulevard and Wissahickon Avenue when the driver sped off.

As police pursued, the car flipped over, landing on its roof. Two men in their 20’s who were inside the vehicle were both injured and taken to Temple and Einstein hospitals.

Police have not yet revealed the conditions of the two men or why they pulled them over in the first place. None of the state troopers were injured during the incident.

Roberts Avenue at Wissahickon was closed for several hours after the crash but reopened shortly before 6 a.m.

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