Abington Township Police Department Photo by James Short.
Just before 4 p.m. an accident required a teen girl to be taken to the hospital for injuries
A teen was left with injuries after a vehicle allegedly ran a red light in Abington Township on Friday afternoon, causing an accident, police said.
Emergency first responders were called the area of Jenkintown Road and Abington Avenue around 3:47 p.m. Friday for a vehicular accident with a pedestrian struck. The incident was involving two cars and one 13-year-old girl, according to reports.
Those at the scene said that a car “rushed through” a red light in the Glenside section of the township. Police said that two men were occupying a vehicle that was “driving in a reckless manner at a high rate of speed” at the time, causing the accident when it failed to stop for the red traffic signal at the intersection.
The vehicle struck another traveling through the intersection with a green light. After the crash, the two males traveled in their vehicle onto the sidewalk and then struck a 13-year-old girl who’d be walking in the area. The girl, according to Abington Police, had just been “safely crossed by a crossing guard” when she was standing on the sidewalk talking with the crossing guard, and was struck by the car.
After hitting both another vehicle and the girl, the offending vehicle’s two occupants got out of the car and fled on foot, police said. Police added they were quickly apprehended and placed under arrest.
The driver was identified as Jason MacDonald, 21, of Philadelphia, and he will be charged, according to police, with “numerous felonies related to aggravated assault, reckless driving, and fleeing an accident,” police said. The passenger, Goldwin Prince, 21, also of Philadelphia, was armed with an illegally possessed handgun, according to police, when he was arrested. Prince is to be charged with firearm violations, possession of marijuana, and other related offenses, police said.
The 13-year-old girl was transported by ambulance to Abington Jefferson Hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The case remains an active investigation, according to police reports.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
