Fall River police arrested five people over the weekend in connection to illegal street racing incidents during which large crowds blocked roadways throughout the city.

Officers responded to multiple reports of reckless driving and blocked-off city streets at around 12:26 a.m. on Sunday, Oct, 5, which were part of a “preplanned event intended to disrupt traffic and disturb the peace of the community,” the police department states.

On Innovation Way, a private ambulance was forced to detour after participants refused to allow passage.

Not long after, about 200 participants shut down the roadway at Central and Davol streets, the latter of which provides direct access to Saint Anne’s and Charlton Memorial hospitals, “posing a serious public safety hazard for Fall River and surrounding towns.”

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