Suspected DUI driver suffers severe injuries after violent pursuit crash in Los Angeles

Police officers pursued a suspected impaired driver through Los Angeles early Sunday morning, with the chase ending in a violent crash that left the driver severely injured.   According to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson, officers with the Southeast Division initiated a pursuit of a DUI suspect just before 1 a.m. near Hoover and 95th streets.  Not much was known about the chase itself – including whether it traversed freeways or surface streets – but the spokesperson was able to confirm that it ended in a crash near Los Feliz Boulevard and Brunswick Avenue in the Atwater Village neighborhood.  The location of the crash is approximately 15 miles north of where the pursuit was said to have started.  The LAPD spokesperson was able to confirm that the vehicle rolled over as a result of the crash, which left the driver with serious injuries. Video from the scene shows the truck that was being pursued ended up severely damaged on top of another vehicle. Witness accounts indicated that there may have been another person inside the truck at the time of the crash and that they may have been taken into custody; however, that detail was not confirmed by law enforcement. Further information from the scene indicated the driver of the truck was an 18-year-old who struck a vehicle in the intersection of Los Feliz and Brunswick and then careened into parked cars nearby. One of the uninvolved parties complained of pain but otherwise, no injuries to innocent bystanders were reported, police confirmed. "We're fortunate no one died here this morning," LAPD Detective Meghan Aguilar told KTLA 5's Jennifer McGraw. Alexis Lewis contributed to this report.