Local News in Brief : Fullerton : Car Chased by Police Crashes Into a House
An unidentified man, possibly a juvenile, was in critical condition Wednesday night after he drove a stolen car into a house while being chased by police, police said.
The accident occurred about 3:08 a.m. Wednesday, when Sgt. Frank Graber attempted to stop a car that was believed stolen from the Briarwood Apartments in the 3300 block of Quartz Lane.
After seeing the officer, the driver sped away eastbound on Yorba Linda Boulevard at about 80 m.p.h., police said, but quickly came to the dead end of Yorba Linda Boulevard, just west of State College Boulevard.
There, the car struck a grassy embankment and, sailing over it, slammed into a house in the 1700 block of North Hale Avenue.
No one inside the home was injured, but the driver was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange with major injuries, police said. As of late Wednesday, police said they were still trying to identify the man.
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