South L.A. crash: Police pursuit ends with driver killed, passengers hospitalized

The driver of a Dodge Charger was killed in a pursuit crash early Thursday morning. Three passengers were hospitalized in unknown condition.

Gardena police officers attempted to stop a gray Dodge Charger for reckless driving on Redondo Beach Boulevard in Gardena at about 2:30 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Dept.

The Charger drove onto the northbound 110 Freeway and exited on Manchester Avenue, and the lone pursuing Gardena police officer's vehicle became disabled shortly after exiting the freeway, and the pursuit was discontinued, the LAPD said in a statement Thursday morning.

Within 10 minutes, the Charger crashed into a parked vehicle on the 1600 block of West 94th Street at Harvard Boulevard in South Los Angeles, the LAPD said. No other injuries were reported.

Gardena officers had terminated the pursuit just before the collision, according to the LAPD.