WALLA WALLA -- Three people were injured when the driver of a stolen car crashed into a pickup Sunday in Walla Walla as police were pursuing him, according to the Walla Walla police.

The pickup caught on fire after the crash, but police were able to help the driver, Jeffrey Callow, 62, out of the back window. He had no passenger.

The incident began when Walla Walla police received a call that Vernon Ray Johnson, 31, of Walla Walla, had been seen driving a white Honda. Johnson is a suspect in several police pursuits involving stolen cars in the Walla Walla area and Idaho, according to police reports.

A Walla Walla police officer spotted the Honda a few minutes later, but Johnson took off, according to police reports. The pursuit headed south and then west on Bryant Avenue until Johnson failed to stop at the stop sign at the Howard Street intersection, hitting Callow's pickup, according to police reports.

Johnson and his passenger, Myranda York, 22, of Walla Walla, had warrants for their arrest. Johnson suffered severe head trauma in the collision, according to police reports. Information was not available on York's or Callow's injuries, but police said Callow's injuries appeared to be the least severe.