Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - Investigators are still trying to determine why a driver in a 2015 Chevy Cruz went over the side of Angeles Crest Highway late Tuesday night.
The Chevy Cruz went over the side of Angeles Crest Highway while traveling westbound at mile marker 32.18, June 13. California Highway Patrol officers were dispatched at 8:30 p.m., according to Jonathan Boyd, public information officer for the CHP Altadena station. An investigator believes that the crash happened seven minutes prior to CHP being dispatched. It was not immediately clear how far over the side the Cruz fell, but initially Los Angeles County firefighters believe the vehicle fell more than 300 feet over Angeles Crest. Rescuers traveled down the mountainside to the vehicle and determined that the driver, only described as a Long Beach man, died at the scene, Boyd told SGV CityWatch. It is unclear if alcohol, drugs, or any other factors led to the crash. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - Firefighters are rescuing one injured occupant of a vehicle that plunged an estimated 400 feet down Angeles Crest Highway Sunday. The driver of the vehicle was declared dead at the scene of the crash one mile south of a fire station along Angeles Crest Highway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The surviving occupant is needing immediate aid, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The CHP was called to near mile marker 33.34 around 7:16 p.m. November 8. According to CHP traffic logs, an occupant of the vehicle flagged down a passerby to tell them about the crash. A Los Angeles County Fire helicopter will be taking the surviving patient. Zero Containment: Bobcat Fire Chars Nearly 24,000 Acres, Burns Deeper Towards Crystal Lake9/10/2020 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor REGION - Weather conditions and poor visibility are keeping firefighters from gaining an upper hand on the Bobcat Fire.
23,890 acres have burned in the parched and steep terrain of the San Gabriel Mountains since the fire’s inception four days ago. Firefighters have 0 percent containment, according to the U.S. Forest Service. More than 530 firefighters continue to work on keeping the fire from spreading further south. On the bright side, voluntary evacuation orders for Sierra Madre and Arcadia were lifted Thursday. However, Arcadia residents north of Foothill Boulevard and East of Pasadena remain under evacuation warnings. Evacuation warnings remain in effect for Pasadena, Monrovia, Duarte, Bradbury and Duarte Mesa. The Angeles National Forest remains closed for recreation. Overnight, the Bobcat Fire jumped San Gabriel Canyon Road as it burned heavily northeast. Angeles Crest Highway (State Route 2) is closed eastbound from Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road to Big Pines. San Gabriel Canyon Road (Highway 39) is closed at Old San Gabriel Canyon Road, according to Caltrans. The fire has cast a morbid orange haze over the Southland as the smoke mixes with cloud cover. An unending drizzle of ash and dirt from the burn site continues to sprinkle over the urban landscape. Burning up is mostly old-growth chaparral and tall grass in areas with little to no fire record. Firefighters have no estimate on containing the fire. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - A reported robbery suspect who fled into the wilderness after a pursuit crash was taken into custody around 1:46 a.m. Monday. The suspect allegedly robbed someone along Angeles Crest Highway just before 1:30 a.m. September 16. The suspect was quickly found near mile marker 29 and detained at gunpoint, but fled in a vehicle, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s radio traffic. The suspect fled, at times as fast as 65 miles per hour, in what was initially described as a grey Jeep south on Angeles Crest until the suspect crashed and possibly disabled a front tire around mile marker 27.3. The suspect stopped and fled the vehicle into the wilderness, but ultimately surrendered. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - Two people were hoisted from a crashed vehicle that reportedly plummeted 200 feet over Angeles Crest Highway July 10. The crash was reported around 7 p.m. on Angeles Crest at mile marker 27. Two occupants were discovered and a Sheriff’s flight medic was lowered from a helicopter to assist, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Rescuers extricated both occupants who suffered undisclosed injuries and the two were flown to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena for treatment. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - One person died at the scene of a crash on Angeles Crest Highway above La Cañada Flintridge Monday.
The crash was reported at 2:55 p.m. near mile marker 31.10. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s tactical medic was lowered by helicopter to the scene and declared the patient dead, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Someone on the road climbed down to the crash. They were initially believed to be an occupant of the crashed vehicle, firefighters reported. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - A man was rescued from a vehicle Sunday that plunged 500 feet over the side of Angeles Crest Highway.
Los Angeles County Firefighters and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau responded to the vehicle over the side at mile marker 31 around 12:26 p.m. The Special Enforcement Bureau quickly located the vehicle and lowered a medic to discover a man still alive in the crashed vehicle, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The man, who met trauma center criteria, was hoisted from the vehicle and flown to Huntington Memorial Hospital for treatment. |
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