Vehicle Strikes Home, 2 Children In Critical Condition After Crash

Update, 10 a.m. Monday: All injured parties were released from the hospital a day after the crash, police said.

GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ — Two young children were critically injured after the vehicle in which they were traveling was hit by a Mount Laurel man fleeing police and then struck a home in Gloucester City, according to authorities.

The incident occurred Saturday, when 32-year-old Joshua Chrismon drove a stolen vehicle into Gloucester City, pursued by Deptford Township police, and hit the vehicle, forcing it into the home in the 500 block of Morris Street, authorities said in a news release Saturday evening.

Two passengers, ages 7 and 8, were critically injured and taken to a hospital, as was the 24-year-old driver, who suffered minor injuries, according to police. They were released Sunday from the hospital.

The home was not in danger of collapse, police said.

Chrismon was charged with four counts of second-degree assault by auto, four counts of third-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree eluding, third-degree receiving stolen property, fourth-degree resisting arrest, third-degree criminal mischief and numerous vehicle infractions, according to police. He was remanded to county jail pending a court date, police said.