Pursuit Ends in Crash Injuring Six
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 12:36 p.m.
LOCATION: 19th Street / Pacific Avenue
AREA/CITY: San Pedro
DETAILS:
- A pursuit ended in a massive crash, injuring multiple people.
- A Los Angeles police PIO stated that LAPD officers were in pursuit of a wanted suspect.
- The pursuit lasted only a minute, as the suspect crashed into multiple cars at the intersection of 19th Street and Pacific Avenue.
- One car was missing a wheel and on top of a parked sedan, and another appeared to have slid into a tree.
- A total of six people were injured in the crash, with responding firefighters declaring the crash a mass casualty incident.
- Firefighters ultimately transported two people, a 25-year-old male and a 35-year-old female, to the hospital in unknown condition.
- Four other people were treated at the scene and refused transport to the hospital.
- It is unknown what exactly the suspect was wanted for.
- Police have shut down the intersection of 19th Street and Pacific Avenue as they investigate.
HANDLING AGENCIES: LAPD Harbor, LAPD South Traffic, LAFD
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