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Shooting victim in car wreck en route to hospital

A driving speeding a gunshot victim to the hospital got into a car wreck with another motorist early this morning, leaving two men hospitalized.

A driver rushing a gunshot victim to the hospital got into a car wreck with another motorist early this morning in West Philadelphia, leaving two men hospitalized.

The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. at 56th and Catharine streets, police spokeswoman Officer Christine O'Brien said. A 24-year-old man was shot in the back inside a home there, and a friend put him in a Nissan to rush him to the Hospital of the University of Philadelphia, O'Brien said. But the driver blew through a red light at the intersection there, hitting a black Nissan that was heading north on 56th, O'Brien said.

Police responding to the accident found the gunshot victim lying on the ground outside the cars. He remains in stable condition after surgery at HUP. The driver of the black Nissan, who suffered a concussion, also is in stable condition at HUP.

Police reported no motive or suspects in the shooting.