PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police say an early morning crash involving two vehicles at an intersection in Philadelphia claimed the lives of a pedestrian and a passenger in one of the vehicles.
Police say an eastbound Jeep Cherokee hit a northbound car north of the city center shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday, sending the car into a pedestrian on the center median.
Police say a passenger in the car, a man in his 20s, was taken to Jefferson University Hospital and succumbed to his injuries just after 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The car driver was listed in stable condition. The pedestrian, a man in his 50s, was pronounced dead a half-hour after the crash at Jefferson University Hospital.
The 27-year-old driver of the Jeep Cherokee was taken to Temple University Medical Center and was arrested on a driving under the influence charge. A passenger in his vehicle was uninjured.
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