Overview

• Authorities report the vehicle was taken from a 7-Eleven in East Los Angeles with children ages 2, 6 and 8 inside, prompting an immediate alert.
• The California Highway Patrol pursued the Chrysler west on the 10 Freeway before it collided at Pacific Coast Highway and Kanan Dume Road in Malibu.
• Three children sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were airlifted to UCLA Medical Center for observation.
• The children’s father was dragged while trying to stop the theft and suffered upper-body injuries, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
• After the crash, the suspect fled barefoot into a residential area, was apprehended by officers, taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and has not been publicly identified.