Crime & Safety
Police Chase Ends In Fiery Crash Killing Bystander
A sedan being chased by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department in the Fairfax District slammed into an SUV killing that driver.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A police chase ended in a fiery crash that killed a bystander Tuesday night in the Fairfax district.
The suspect in the crash was in custody Monday morning on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a deputy, according to CBS2. A Los Angeles Sheriff's Department deputy was chasing a silver sedan near Fairfax Avenue and Third Street at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when the sedan crashed into a blue SUV, killing the driver, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Video from the scene showed the SUV on a sidewalk, pinned between a tree and a building, as firefighters attempted to free the driver from the wreckage and deputies arrested the suspect.
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The bystander died at the scene, and paramedics transported the driver of the vehicle being pursued to a nearby hospital, according to Prange.
#BREAKING: Innocent person killed after chase ends in fiery crash in Fairfax District, authorities sayhttps://t.co/jTyXs7wSI7
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) March 3, 2021
City News Service contributed to this report.
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