Crime & Safety
Teen Crashes in South Gate After Police Pursuit
An 18 year old driver crashed into two parked cars on State street after being pursed by the Huntington Park Police.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An 18-year-old reckless-driving suspect being chased by Huntington Park police was hospitalized in critical condition today after he crashed the car he was driving into two parked cars in South Gate, authorities said.
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel went to the crash scene in the 8600 block of State Street between Ardmore Avenue and Firestone Boulevard around 1 a.m. and took one person to a hospital, said Supervising Fire Dispatcher Robert Diaz.
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It took rescue crews 20 minutes to extricate the suspect from the wrecked Honda Accord he had been driving, a firefighter at the scene told a news photographer.
The car came to rest on the sidewalk, said Huntington Park police Sgt. Eric Ault.
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The driver was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, where he was in critical condition, Ault said, adding that no one else was injured.
The chase, which lasted less than two minutes, began in the area of and Randolph streets in Huntington Park when an officer tried to pull the suspect over for driving recklessly, he said.
“He is not under arrest at this time, but he potentially faces charges of evasion with wanton disregard for public safety and reckless driving,” Ault said before dawn.
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