The crash was reported around 7:11 p.m. Saturday on Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, according to the Seal Beach Police Department.
The Huntington Beach Police Department transferred a call to the Seal Beach Police Department of a reckless driver speeding northbound on PCH from the area of Warner Boulevard, authorities said.
“When officers arrived on scene, they discovered the vehicle had collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street,” according to a department press release. “The suspect’s vehicle came to rest against the bus bench in front of the Chase Bank…The suspect fled the scene on foot into The Hill’ residential neighborhood.”
The driver and four passengers from the vehicle that was struck were rushed to local trauma centers with serious injuries. Two of them, women in their early to mid 20s, have been discharged. The other three, all 17-year-old girls from Orange County, remained in the hospital in serious but stable condition Sunday.
Kevin O’Rourke, a witness who saw the aftermath of the crash : “The suspect was fleeing from police at a high rate of speed when he ran a red light and crashed into the girls’ car”
The suspect was described as an 18- to 20-year-old man approximately 5-feet-10 inches tall. He was last seen wearing a maroon shirt, according to police.
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