{"id":276512,"date":"2026-04-20T07:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/276512\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:18:08","slug":"driver-in-stolen-car-hits-lapd-patrol-car-before-crashing-into-second-vehicle-in-san-pedro-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/276512\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver in stolen car hits LAPD patrol car before crashing into second vehicle in San Pedro, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, April 20, 2026 6:42AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Driver in stolen car hits LAPD patrol vehicle in San Pedro, police say\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; Police say a driver in a stolen car crashed into a patrol vehicle in San Pedro on Sunday night before fleeing and hitting another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Los Angeles police say the first crash happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. at 90th Street and San Pedro Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The suspect &#8212; behind the wheel of a vehicle that had been reported stolen &#8212; was reportedly driving recklessly before crashing into the LAPD patrol vehicle. Police say it&#8217;s unknown if the crash was intentional or not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The driver fled the scene after the crash, then hit another vehicle before they got out and started running, according to LAPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officers set up a perimeter in the area, looking for the driver. At last check, the suspect was still outstanding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">LAPD said an ambulance was requested for the second vehicle hit by the suspect. It&#8217;s unknown how many people were inside the vehicle or what the extent of the injuries was.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, April 20, 2026 6:42AM SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; Police say a driver in a stolen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[119586,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-276512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-119586","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}