Portland, OR : 3 people injured, 1 critical, after crash involving stolen car on Southeast Holgate Boulevard near 94th Avenue on Friday morning, April 22, 2016

A driver in a stolen car crashed into two other cars Friday morning, sending three people to the hospital, police said.

At 2:39 a.m., an officer spotted a speeding gold Honda heading west on Southeast Holgate Boulevard near 94th Avenue. When the officer flipped on the patrol car's lights and sirens, the driver sped away, said Sgt. Pete Simpson.

The driver ran a red light at 92nd Avenue and collided with two other cars, Simpson said in a news release. Officers later learned the Honda was stolen, he said.

Fire crews extracted three people from the cars and one person suffered critical injuries, said Lt. Rich Chatman, Fire Bureau spokesman. They were taken to Oregon Health & Science University Hospital, he said.

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3 people injured, 1 critical, after crash involving stolen car