The California Highway Patrol was in pursuit of a vehicle in the San Fernando Valley when it ended in a violent crash in Sherman Oaks.
CHP officers followed the silver colored Honda through the southbound 405 Freeway until the driver exited on Burbank Boulevard.
The driver went into the parking structure of a Target store on Sepulveda Boulevard when he was seen calmly walking away from the store.
The man was then seen running around the streets and reentering the parking structure.
He appeared to have gotten back into his vehicle and driven away.
CHP officers found the vehicle in a violent crash against another vehicle in the Sherman Oaks area.
The pursuit driver’s vehicle had crashed into a palm tree at a residence on the corner of Burbank Boulevard and Mammoth Avenue in Sherman Oaks.
The second vehicle was beginning to catch on fire but it was quickly put out.
Several patrol units showed up to the scene as fire officials worked to rescue the pursuit driver from his vehicle.
Fire officials had to remove the roof of the vehicle to try and rescue the pursuit driver.
His condition was not immediately known.