East Los Angeles -- Three children injured in a high-speed crash at the end of a pursuit from East L.A. to Malibu involving an alleged carjacking are expected to survive, authorities said today

The children -- ages 8, 6 and 2 -- were inside a light-colored Chrysler sedan left running at about 6:35 p.m. Friday outside the 7-Eleven at Arizona Street and Olympic Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The department said the children's mother had parked her vehicle outside the store, leaving the engine running, while the children's father was parked adjacent to the vehicle in another car as the mother entered the store.

The father witnessed the theft and attempted to intervene by jumping on the vehicle, sheriff's officials said. He was dragged a short distance

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