5 Teens Nabbed After Stolen Car Chase In Union County

SUMMIT, NJ - Five teens were charged Wednesday after the reportedly stolen car they were in flipped on Route 24 in Union County, authorities said.

At around 4:11 p.m., a Summit police detective located and began to follow a 2019 Audi A5 that was reported stolen in Montclair, Summit police said in a statement.

The vehicle was traveling east on Route 24 near Hobart Avenue when it “suddenly accelerated” onto Route 24 East, sideswiping six cars before flipping one quarter of a mile west of the 9A Broad Street exit, police said.

Five individuals exited the vehicle and fled east on the shoulder of the highway into a PSE&G maintenance yard on 48 Middle Avenue, police said.

Three suspects were immediately arrested by Summit police; a fourth suspect was arrested by a Millburn police unit.

After a perimeter was set up near Broad Street and Middle Avenue, and with the Union County Sheriff's K-9 Search and Rescue Unit and a Millburn Police drone search for the fifth individual, the remaining suspect was found around two hours later on Route 78 west at mile marker 51 in Union Township, police said.

All five of the suspects are 16 years old and from Essex County, police said.

They were released to the custody of their guardians pending a hearing.