Five people inside a Mustang were ejected from their seats Monday night after the car they were in crashed during a street race along Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe police said.

The crash between the Mustang and a motorcycle took place about 8:30 p.m. Sept. 1 when both vehicles were headed west along Rio Salado.

The car’s driver failed to negotiate a turn, and the collision occurred east of Rural Road, police said.

 All five occupants of the car were taken to a hospital and are in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries, police said. The rider of the motorcycle returned to the scene.

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