In a Thursday statement, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner's department revealed that a high-speed crash caused the death of the man who stole a Tesla Model S in Los Angeleson July 4.

According to the statement, the Tesla thief - 26-year-old Joshua MichaelFlotof Inglewood, California - died on Monday, July 7, from the injuries he had sustained in the high-speed crash which hurt at least seven other people too.

Going by the theft- and crash-related details shared by the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday, Flotstole the car from Tesla's service center in west Los Angeles on July 4 morning. After outrunning police, he crashed at high speed into vehicles on La Brea Avenue in West Hollywood.

Flot was reportedly driving the stolen Model S sedan at such a high speed that after the car crashed into vehicles, it also hit a steel pole and split in two. The high-speed collisions caused a fire in the car; and the injuries that Flot sustained in the crash led to his death.

With Flot's identity and death having been disclosed only on Thursday, Tesla Motors' spokesman Simon Sproule said: "We are saddened by the harm that resulted from the July 4 theft and crash. We are assisting the authorities as needed as they continue their investigations."