A police pursuit ended in a violent crash late Friday night, injuring two Los Angeles Police Department officers and two civilians in South Los Angeles, officials confirmed.
According to LAPD, officers from the Central Division were chasing a stolen black Cadillac Escalade around 11:14 p.m. when their patrol vehicle collided with a yellow Ford Mustang at the intersection of 98th Street and Avalon Boulevard in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood.
The impact damaged both cars, leaving the front of the LAPD cruiser smoking and its airbags deployed. Dramatic video obtained by KTLA shows moments after the crash when one of the officers, seemingly dazed, is lying on the pavement next to the open driver’s door.
His partner, appearing disoriented, steps out seconds later and puts her hands on her knees as fellow officers rush in from multiple directions.
In the footage, several officers can be seen dragging the first injured officer across the roadway to safety on the sidewalk next to the badly damaged Mustang while sirens wail and steam billows from the wreckage. Within minutes, more than two dozen patrol units flood the intersection as emergency crews work under flashing red and blue lights.
Another group of officers was also seen treating the second injured officer as she lay down on the sidewalk next to the smashed cruiser.
Paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department were recorded while tending to both injured officers and the two occupants of the Mustang before transporting all four to nearby hospitals. Their conditions were not immediately released.
LAPD officials said the driver of the stolen Escalade continued southbound and remains at large. The pursuit, which began in downtown Los Angeles and traveled through several divisions, was terminated after the collision.
Investigators from the department’s Traffic Division are handling the crash investigation.
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