A man was killed Friday when he crashed a vehicle that had been chased by officers into a home’s garage in South Pasadena.
The crash was reported around 5 a.m. in the 300 block of Orange Grove Avenue, south of Columbia Street, according to the South Pasadena Police Department.
Officers from the Pasadena Police Department were in pursuit of the vehicle, but were not closely chasing it when it crashed, police said.
“Pasadena Police terminated the pursuit in under a minute and after cancelling the pursuit and no longer following the vehicle,” Pasadena city spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said in a statement. “The suspect continued almost one mile before the fatal traffic collision in South Pasadena. It was not an active pursuit that lead to the fatal collision.”
The driver, whose name and age were not immediately released, was pronounced dead at the scene.
It was not immediately clear what prompted the chase.
The vehicle ended up flipped onto its hood, partially inside the garage, which appeared to be heavily damaged, according to video from the scene.