SPIED-Photos and Video Of Stolen Tesla Split In Half After Chase

Last night, a Tesla was stolen in LA and then the fun began...

An overnight high-speed pursuit ended when a stolen Tesla Model S crashed into several vehicles and split in half after striking a light pole early Friday morning, leaving the driver in critical condition, two officers hospitalized and half of the car wedged in a synagogue.

Multiple vehicles were involved in the fiery wreck after the chase, which reached 100 mph, and at least four people were hospitalized. At least four vehicles sustained significant damage and debris was scattered throughout the 1200 block of North La Brea Avenue, which remained closed for the investigation.

Check out the video below:

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MattDarringer - 7/5/2014 9:40:24 AM

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Well said. Elon Musk is a snake oil salesman. The reason I'm sour on the Tesla S is because I cannot believe how many people believe it is a brilliantly engineered car when it comes from a company that had ZERO prior experience designing cars. Throwing batteries into a Lotus Elise is NOT NOT NOT indicative of an ability to engineer vehicles.

lenkun - 7/7/2014 1:37:38 AM

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This is a testimony of Tesla's outstanding safety effort. No one died even after this horrific accident with the car splitting into two. If it were some half million dollar gas powered carbon fiber super car like a Porsche Carrera GT and hit a light pole and ignited into flames after splitting into pieces, the driver and passenger would not have survived.

leej - 7/9/2014 6:44:59 AM

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Here we go again...maybe a little perspective on car fire statistics...these are a little old, but I am sure some sleuth on Autospies could conjure up some newer numbers:

According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), one out of five reported fires is a car fire. In fact, 18 percent of all fires takes place on a highway or other road and involves a motor vehicle.

· Also according to the NFPA, 33 car fires are reported every hour across the country, with one person per day dying in a car fire accident in the years between 2002 and 2005.

· According to the National Fire Protection Association, there were 258,000 vehicle fires in 2007 and 385 deaths. There were 1,675 injuries.

leej - 7/9/2014 6:57:50 AM

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Even our very own beloved classic Mustang had issues with bursting into flames and killing people...I wonder how many times they settled out of court in these cases and the information was kept hush-hush? It was one thing to kill off the Pinto...but not our classic Mustang!!!

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mustang-a-classic-danger/