Two deputies were rushed to a hospital when their vehicle crashed at the tail end of a chase in the Compton-Long Beach area Sunday morning, authorities said.
Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 4:17 a.m. to Atlantic Boulevard, north of the Artesia (91) Freeway, according to Jake Heflin of the Long Beach Fire Department.
One deputy was able to pull himself from the wreckage and the other had to be extricated by firefighters, Heflin said.
The deputies were listed in stable condition at a hospital, according to a watch commander at the sheriff’s Compton Station.
The chase stemmed from an illegal street takeover just before 4 a.m. in the area of Atlantic Avenue and Compton Boulevard in Compton where a suspect vehicle allegedly struck a sheriff’s patrol vehicle, triggering the chase, he said.
The two vehicles crashed in Long Beach and at least one suspect was taken into custody, Heflin said.
There was no other information available.