Joshua Michael Flot, the man who stole a Tesla Model S in Los Angeles, died after sustaining injuries during a crash that also injured at least seven more. 

Police officials from the Los Angeles County Coroner's confirmed his death on July 7 at 2:23 p.m. local time.

"We are saddened by the harm that resulted from the July 4 theft and crash," Simon Sproule, a spokesman for Tesla, told Businessweek.

Flot stole the car from Tesla's service center in west Los Angeles early in July 4 and outran police before crashing into vehicles on La Brea Avenue in West Hollywood. The vehicle was split in two after hitting a steel pole that also resulted in a luxury sedan catching fire.

The incident revived doubts on the safety of the car and the electric-car technology. Last year, Tesla remained the best-selling electric car for 2013 despite multiple fire issues involving at least three model S cars. But, the U.S. regulators ruled that the car that burned in the Southern California garage in November was not caused by a defect on the car's battery. Tesla CEO Elon Musk also defended that the fire accident in Seattle could have been worse if it happened on a conventional car.

The U.S. regulators who reviewed the car safety required no changes aside from adding a titanium shield to strengthen the car's battery pack.

Ruben Hakobyan, one of the injured from the collision, shared that half of the stolen Tesla smashed his car's roof and knocked him unconscious. He only regained his consciousness after firemen pulled him from his smashed car.

 "It was going like fireworks. I didn't hear anything before it happened -- no sirens, no nothing," Hakobya said in a phone interview with Businessweek.

In another incident, Mercury News reported that at least three family members riding a 2004 Toyota Corolla died after a 2013 Tesla S rear-ended them. The crash happened on July 4, 10:35 p.m. just south of Avenue S in Palmdale, Calif. The Tesla S driver only suffered from minor injuries.