South LA police chase ends in violent crash, 3 injured

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Three people were injured when a police chase ended in a violent crash in South Los Angeles Thursday night.

LAPD units were chasing a reported stolen pickup truck around 7:40 p.m. when it slammed into a sedan, sending it careening onto a sidewalk near the intersection of San Pedro Street and Gage Avenue.

LAPD said officers noticed a stolen pickup truck and attempted a traffic stop, but the driver fled at a high rate of speed and there was a chase that lasted just over a minute.

The truck slammed into a sedan and the suspect was taken into custody after he tried to run away, police said.

A woman in the sedan was hospitalized in critical condition.

The suspect and his passenger were also transported to a hospital for complaints of pain. They are in stable condition.

This is at least the third police chase in Los Angeles this month that has resulted in serious injuries. Two previous incidents in the San Fernando Valley resulted in deaths of three innocent people.

Earlier Thursday, just after midnight, a Cal State Northridge student was killed when an SUV fleeing officers ran a red light and slammed into his car.

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A 19-year-old Cal State Northridge student was identified as the innocent victim killed in a high-speed crash involving an armed robbery suspect who was fleeing from police.

And earlier this month, two innocent men were killed when the driver of a stolen pickup truck slammed into their car in Panorama City while fleeing police.

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