BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A driver crashed a stolen car into a tree in the Bronx overnight and police were still searching for the thief Wednesday morning, according to the NYPD.
A woman left her car running around 12:10 a.m. Wednesday near 163rd Street and Third Avenue and when she returned, the car was gone, according to police.
By 2 a.m., police spotted the car near FDR Drive and 116th Street and quickly lost it – only to find it unoccupied and crashed into a tree off a nearby exit, police said.
Police had not found the driver by Wednesday morning, according to the NYPD.
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