Editor's note: On Wednesday afternoon, Philadelphia Police Department officials provided an update to this incident to note the driver in this case did not strike anyone. Instead, the driver was stabbed in an altercation.
Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a driver was attacked by passengers in an altercation that lead to a crash in which several parked cars were damaged early Wednesday. officials said.
According to police, officers were called to the intersection of 16th and Tasker streets at about 1:57 a.m. on a report of a gunshot.
However, a police representative told NBC10 the report was made incorrectly as the caller may have assumed the sound of a crash was a gunshot.
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Instead, officers who responded to this incident found a person injured and several cars damaged after, police said, a driver got into an argument with passengers of their vehicle.
According to police, investigators believe that at some point in the evening, the driver was attacked by two men who were passengers in his vehicle.
Police officials said the 32-year-old man behind the wheel of the car was stabbed in the stomach and left arm by two men -- described by police officials as "black males" --- causing the victim to drive his vehicle into parked cars in the area.
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After the crash, police officials said, the attackers pulled the driver out of the car and "stated to kick and beat him."
The victim, police said, was taken to a nearby hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
An investigation, officials said, is ongoing and no arrests have yet been made.
This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as new information becomes available.
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