Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ALHAMBRA - The driver of a red Corvette was hospitalized after crashing into a light pole Sunday. The crash occurred on South Fremont Avenue north of West Mission Road around 8:42 a.m. when the Corvette left the road and hit the pole, according to the Alhambra Police Department and Alhambra Fire Department.
No other vehicles were involved inn the crash. The extent of injuries to the driver are unclear. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ALHAMBRA - One person has died in a vehicle fire after crashing into the rear of a bus on the westbound I-10 freeway east of Fremont Avenue. The crash occurred around 8:15 p.m. Early reports from the scene indicated flames were coming from the rear of the occupied bus, but it is unknown if the fire originated from the bus or the other vehicle. A Sig Alert has been called for an unknown duration for the westbound express lanes and No. 1 and 2 lanes, according to Officer Stephan Brandt of the California Highway Patrol.
Passing motorists reportedly stopped to help extinguish the fire. As CHP officers arrived on scene, the vehicle was already engulfed in flames. Multiple eyewitness reports indicated the driver did not exit the vehicle, Brandt said. The death was not confirmed until firefighters arrived to extinguish the fire, according to the CHP. Alhambra firefighters were called to the scene. It is unclear if anyone on the bus was injured, or which agency the bus belonged to. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ALHAMBRA - Police and firefighters rescued a female who climbed to the outside of a pedestrian bridge and attempted to jump Saturday afternoon. Officers responded to the Marguerita Avenue pedestrian bridge around Noon April 20 and found the female on the outside of the fencing as she climbed her way over to westbound lanes, Alhambra Police said. All lanes of the I-10 freeway were closed by the California Highway Patrol while officers worked to save the female.
Officers used restraints to secure the female’s body to the chain link fencing. The female stepped off the ledge and went limp in an attempt to fall, but officers held on, Alhambra Police said. A hole was cut through the chain link for an officer to hold onto the female until firefighters arrived with a ladder truck. The female was lowered to the ground and was transported to an area hospital for an evaluation, Alhambra Police said. The female was soon reunited with her family. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ALHAMBRA - Firefighters extinguished a commercial structure fire at the same building twice November 22. Firefighters responded at 11:40 p.m. Thanksgiving night to extinguish a large fire at the two-story structure, 924 E. Main St. and requested a 2nd-alarm response to knock down the flames, according to the Alhambra Fire Department. Heavy flames already pierced the roof by the time firefighters arrived on scene.
The same building caught fire at 1:42 p.m. Thanksgiving day. Alhambra Police officers redirected traffic away from the scene. All lanes were temporarily shut down, but reopened at 5 a.m. Friday. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor ALHAMBRA - Police arrested an alleged DUI driver after causing a crash that pinned his passenger and destroyed a pole.
The crash occurred around 1:53 a.m. at South Palm Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue September 23. The passenger was found trapped inside the car, suffering from a possible broken leg, according to the Alhambra Police Department. Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to extricate the woman from the car and she was taken to an area hospital for treatment. The 41-year-old driver from Monterey park was arrested and booked on suspicion of felony DUI charges. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor ALHAMBRA - The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed one felony count of child abuse Thursday against the woman who ran errands and ate lunch while she left a child in a 120-degree vehicle, the District Attorney's Office said.
Alhambra woman Helen Siuhung Law, 60, was jailed June 12 for leaving a 6-year-old boy in the SUV parked in the 700 block of Valley Boulevard for two hours. Alhambra Police officers arrived to the scene and found the child after being called by a passerby. The child was sweating profusely and crying, Alhambra Police said. As police investigated the incident, Siuhung approached the SUV and said she was his babysitter, Alhambra Police said. The child was taken to an area hospital for treatment. Siuhung was jailed and held in lieu of $100,000 bail, but posted bond Thursday morning, according to Los Angeles County booking records. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor ALHAMBRA - Officers rendered aid to a distressed 6-year-old boy found sweating profusely and crying in a SUV Tuesday afternoon. The babysitter, 60-year-old Helen Siuhung Law of Alhambra, reportedly left the child in the SUV for two hours while she ran errands and ate at a nearby restaurant. The inside temperature of the SUV was more than 120 degrees, Alhambra Police said.
Law was booked on suspicion of felony child endangerment and is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. She is set to appear in Alhambra Municipal Court June 14.
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