POMONA, Calif. (KABC) -- A juvenile driver was hospitalized with serious injuries after two vehicles crashed in what police believe was a street racing incident in Pomona.
Pomona police responded to the collision near Garey and Lexington avenues shortly before 11 p.m. on Saturday.
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Investigators said two vehicles were possibly racing when one lost control and slammed into a tree. The other car did not stop, police said, and the driver remained at large.
Responding officers found the driver suffering from severe wounds. He was airlifted to LAC+USC Medical Center to undergo emergency surgery, according to a press release from Pomona PD.
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The department's major accident investigation team was investigating the crash.
Anyone with information about the crash was encouraged to call the Pomona Police Department's Traffic Services Bureau at 909-620-2081. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477).
KABC
A car seen mangled next to a tree following a possible street racing crash in Pomona late Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016.