Los Angeles, CA : 2 LAPD officers hurt in crash during pursuit of suspected DUI driver on Thursday, 6th June 2019

Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were hospitalized Thursday morning with injuries suffered in a crash in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles while backing up other units involved in a pursuit of a suspected drunk driver that began in Hollywood.

Officers tried to pull over a suspected DUI driver near Highland Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, but the driver fled.

A unit responding to back up other officers crashed at Beverly and La Brea boulevards, and the two officers in the vehicle were taken to a hospital in unknown condition, the LAPD said. It was unclear if any other vehicles were involved. No other injuries were reported.

Officers lost sight of the suspect vehicle, a black Chevy Volt with Arizona license plates and three people inside, in the area of Wilshire Boulevard and Crescent Drive about 11:45 p.m., police said.