MALIBU, Calif. (KABC) -- A police chase with a carjacking suspect accused of stealing a vehicle with three kids inside ended in a violent crash on the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu on Friday evening.

The terrifying collision sent the three young children -- all believed to be under 10 years old -- and two adults to the hospital.

The chase began when the car was stolen in East Los Angeles shortly before 7 p.m. The suspect led California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers across town to Santa Monica, where he got on the PCH.

CHP quickly ruled out a pit maneuver in the chase, taking the children's safety into consideration. With a pit maneuver ruled out, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies deployed a spike strip, and the driver hit it.

Before the suspect hit the spike strip, he led a mo

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