4 Minors Injured in Crash in East Los Angeles

Published on April 25, 2024

LOS ANGELES—Four juveniles were in the hospital April 24 after they were trapped inside a vehicle that crashed near Boyle Heights during a pursuit by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. Firefighters were called at 9:54 p.m. Tuesday to the Calzone Street off-ramp of the northbound Santa Ana (5) Freeway, where they found the trapped victims had crashed the vehicle and were able to free them using hydraulic tools, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. The short pursuit began when deputies attempted to pull the teens during a traffic stop but the driver sped away and crashed into a cinder block wall on the freeway, ABC7 reported....