Police Chase Spins Out Of Control

VAN NUYS -- A police cruiser crashed into a tree in Van Nuys while pursuing a stolen pickup truck, injuring an officer, authorities said today.

The police vehicle slammed into a tree at Hayvenhurst Avenue and Sherman Way just before midnight last night, said Sgt. Robert Marino of the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys Station.

Two men in the stolen pickup truck were later arrested, Marino said.

The officer driving the police car was not injured, but the officer in the passenger seat may have suffered a broken leg because she was on the side of the vehicle that hit the tree, said an officer at the LAPD's Mission Station.

Officers from the LAPD's Mission Station initiated the pursuit, which eventually led into Van Nuys on the San Diego (405) Freeway, the officer said.

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