From Stan Oklobdzija:
A car chase in Sacramento's midtown area ended in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday night, with the driver of a stolen car sent to a hospital with major injuries, California Highway Patrol officials said.
The chase started at 16th and X streets about 8:40 p.m. when a CHP officer in a cruiser saw a car traveling the wrong way on 16th Street, said Sgt. Dan Brito of the CHP. The officer tried to stop the gray early-'90s model Toyota Camry when it accelerated, Brito said.
Because the car was traveling in excess of 60 mph down a residential street, the patrol car stayed back, Brito said. The CHP officer saw the vehicle run a red light at 26th and X streets, where it nearly struck another car traveling through the intersection, he said.
The driver of the Camry swerved to avoid the crash but lost control and began fish-tailing down X Street, Brito said. Near the end of the block, the Camry slammed into a parked Toyota Corolla, mangling the car and sending a Volvo station wagon parked in front of it careening down the street, where it slammed into a nearby apartment building about 100 feet away.
The Camry flipped onto its roof, ejecting two passengers onto the nearby freeway embankment and trapping the driver and front passenger in the car, Brito said. The driver of the car sustained major injuries in the crash, Brito said.
The passengers, described as boys about 16 years old, were apparently uninjured in the crash but were taken to UC Davis Medical Center, along with the driver, as a precaution, Brito said.
The Camry in which the four were traveling was reported as stolen, Brito said.
No bystanders or CHP officers were injured in the incident.
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