Dramatic video shows injured LAPD officer carried from pursuit crash

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…

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