During a high-speed pursuit of a stolen car, officers were in a violent wreck with at least two other vehicles, and were sent to the hospital Tuesday.
"I'm lucky I'm alive," Mike Rivera, who was driving an SUV involved in the crash, said.
The pursuit began in the Jefferson Park area at 9 p.m. when a report of a stolen Honda came in.
Two officers in a patrol car went to aid in the chase and ended up crashing into a Pathfinder SUV at Exposition and Crenshaw Boulevards.
The impact of the crash caused the patrol car to spin around and hit a Chrysler coming through the intersection.
Rivera was behind the wheel of the Nissan Pathfinder.
"He just went through and hit me, and I hit him, and they went and hit someone over there," Rivera said.
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The man behind the wheel leading the chase continued on and eventually T-boned an SUV at Adams Boulevard and Somerset Drive.
He jumped out of the car and ran away, but police took him into custody.
The officers involved in the crash were in serious, but stable condition.
The LAPD later said that the officers were expected to be just fine.
