Stolen car crashes into 7-Eleven store after attempted traffic stop

A stolen vehicle crashed into a 7-Eleven store in Bensalem while fleeing from police this afternoon. Multiple juvenile suspects are now facing charges in connection with the crash. It's Thursday night. I'm Shari Williams. Gray has the evening off. The big story on Action News tonight is the aftermath of that crash in Bucks County. The ordeal left behind extensive damage there at the 7-Eleven store. Action News reporter Brianna Smith live now from Ben Salem with details on. How it all unfolded and what happened, Brianna? Well, Shari, right now crews are boarding up this 7-Eleven after the force of the crash left a massive hole in the building. Now, considering this extensive damage, police and residents are thankful no one was seriously hurt. It sounded like a bomb went off. That's how Ann Norris describes the moment a stolen vehicle plowed through this 7-Eleven on Street Road in Bensalem Thursday afternoon. Pieces of the building and merchandise were left scattered in its path. That was bizarre. I've never seen anything like that. Bensalem police say it all started along Brookwood Drive when officers attempted to stop this red vehicle that was reported stolen in Philadelphia a few days ago. But then the driver rammed a patrol car, took off at a high rate of speed. and struck another vehicle before losing control while crossing Street Road and crashing into the store. As you can see from the damage, it was going pretty quick. If someone was there, they obviously would have been killed. So I'm sure the clerk was shaken up, but he got out unscathed. Thank God nobody was hurt. I don't know how. I don't know how. Police say the five young males who were in the vehicle were taken into custody. Officers chased after three of them who ran away from the scene. This viewer video shows one being arrested in a resident's backyard. Our drone program was instrumental in this. It was launched immediately upon the hit on the license plate reader. It actually was following the vehicle and then also helped locate the suspect while they were running from the police and hiding. Police hope the charges these suspects face will deter them from committing future crimes. You go into a community, you steal from us, you break into cars, steal cars, we're going to do everything we can responsibly to catch you and hold you accountable. Store representatives say it will be weeks until this store is able to reopen. As for those suspects, police did not release their ages, but they do believe that they are juveniles. Live here in Bensalem, Brianna Smith for Action News at 10 on PHL 17. Shari? Yeah, quite the mess and the ordeal today in Ben Salem. Brianna, thanks.