First responders across Los Angeles County are mourning the death of an Alhambra police officer who was killed in the line of duty early Thursday after a police pursuit ended in a violent crash.

Officer Alec Sanders, 28, was on duty around 3 a.m. when Alhambra officers began pursuing an SUV with three suspects, according to FOX 11 Los Angeles.

During the chase, the suspect’s vehicle slammed into Sanders’ patrol SUV, the impact so severe that a female suspect was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene, the outlet reported.

The front of Sanders’ patrol vehicle was crushed, and the airbags deployed.

He was found unconscious and not breathing inside his SUV and rushed about four miles to Los Angeles General Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead several hours later.

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