WATERBURY, Conn. — The suspect of a carjacking is in the hospital after crashing the stolen vehicle into several other vehicles at an intersection, according to Waterbury police.
Around 6 p.m. Friday, police responded to a call regarding a crash involving five vehicles at the intersection of Hamilton and Edgewood avenues.
Police later learned that one of the vehicles involved had been carjacked from the parking lot of the Brass Mill Mall. The stolen vehicle was going east on Hamilton Ave. when it struck multiple cars at the Edgewood Ave. intersection. The stolen vehicle also hit a utility pole before coming to a stop, police said.
The driver, identified as a 19-year-old man from Bloomfield, was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is considered to be in stable condition with serious injuries, police said.
The occupants in the vehicles hit by the stolen car did not require medical attention, and the carjacking victim was not injured, police said.
The crash and carjacking remain under investigation.
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