Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor UPDATE, 10:29 p.m.: As of 10:26 p.m. the roadway was cleared.
ROWLAND HEIGHTS - One person died Monday evening in a vehicle on the eastbound 60 freeway west of Fullerton Road. First responders located a red Dodge minivan in the center divider just after 7:30 p.m. January 2. Los Angeles County firefighters had to remove the person from the Dodge minivan to perform CPR, but the person died at the scene, according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs. First Responders were told a possible seizure led to the death. It is unclear if the person who died was a passenger, or was a driver. It is also unclear if the minivan crashed into the center divider or merely had stopped. As of 8:50 p.m., the HOV, No. 1 and 2 lanes were blocked as first responders waited for investigators from the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROWLAND HEIGHTS - The California Highway Patrol now states a victim inside a vehicle was wounded by a gunman on the 60 freeway early Sunday morning.
Two people were heading east on the 60 freeway near Fairway Avenue when one of two males in a blue or purple Dodge sedan fired at least three gunshots, according to the California Highway Patrol in a written statement. The shooting occurred around 12:45 a.m. The wounded man and one other occupant exited onto Lemon Avenue and entered a strip mall at 20627 Golden Springs Dr. Initially, the California Highway Patrol Traffic Management Center told SGV CityWatch in an interview just before 7 a.m. that no gunshot victims had yet been found, but a caller said her husband had been shot on the freeway. However, a log of Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatches indicated firefighters responded to a medical emergency call at Lemon and Golden Springs at 12:52 a.m. in Diamond Bar. It is not publicly clear if the California Highway Patrol was told much later of a victim connected to the freeway shooting. The victim was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, the CHP said. At 6:46 a.m., the CHP shut down all eastbound lanes of the 60 freeway at Nogales Street, including the Nogales on ramp for an investigation. All lanes were reopened just before 8 a.m. Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call Investigator C. Rodriguez Of the CHP Baldwin Park Office at 626-338-1164. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROWLAND HEIGHTS - All eastbound lanes of the 60 freeway at South Nogales Street remain closed for an investigation tied to a reported freeway shooting from earlier Sunday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
The full eastbound closure is possibly related to a search for evidence after a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting was reported around 12:51 a.m. May 2, according to Officer Moises Marroquín of the California Highway Patrol Traffic Management Center. A one-hour Sig Alert was issued at 6:46 a.m. at South Nogales Street and also includes the Nogales on ramp and Fairway Drive. Initially, a caller reported that her husband was shot, but no victim was found on the freeway, Marroquín told SGV CityWatch. It is not yet publicly clear if a victim later turned up at a hospital, or if anyone was actually shot at all. A possible suspect vehicle was described as a Dodge Charger with tinted windows. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROWLAND HEIGHTS - Firefighters are attempting to extract a vehicle that crashed into a home early Saturday morning.
The vehicle crashed into the side of a home in the 2900 block of Blakeman Avenue around 4:43 a.m. April 18, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Two males inside the vehicle were witnessed fleeing the crash scene on foot, according to Lt. Avila of the Los Angeles County Walnut/Diamond Bar Sheriff’s Station. Firefighters have an urban search and rescue apparatus on scene. The vehicle crashed through the kitchen of the home. No occupants inside the home have been injured, according to the California Highway Patrol. The males who fled the vehicle were reportedly wearing light colored sweatshirts and light colored pants, the CHP was told. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROWLAND HEIGHTS - At least one person was pulled from a vehicle that overturned in a solo crash Thursday morning. The crash occurred just before 8 a.m. on Native Avenue south of Dusk Street. A blue Volkswagen somehow overturned, according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs. Firefighters initially could not extricate an occupant, but later called off requested extra equipment after successfully pulling an occupant from the vehicle.
How many occupants were inside the vehicle is not immediately known. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROWLAND HEIGHTS - A suspect is in custody, his domestic abuse victim possibly severely injured at the scene of a pursuit termination Wednesday night. The chase began in South Gate Wednesday afternoon and wound through SoCal. The suspect could be seen hitting his female passenger who attempted to escape the vehicle while it was in motion several times. The chase entered Rowland Heights where the suspect fled the car and ran into 99 Cents Only Store, 19033 E. Colima Rd. California Highway Patrol officers ran after him and cuffed him.
Los Angeles County Firefighters accompanied by their battalion chief are on scene treating the woman. South Gate Police attempted to stop the suspect after they responded to a call of a man beating a woman inside the car. The suspect drove very erratically throughout the chase. He drove through a South Los Angeles Park where people were walking and sitting. He smashed through a chain link fence in the park. In the La Mirada area, the driver used the sidewalk to evade the CHP. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor ROWLAND HEIGHTS - A woman, possibly in her 70s, was freed from under a vehicle on Fullerton Road Wednesday morning.
The vehicle, only described as a grey sedan, was being backed out of a driveway. The driver did not see the woman as she passed by on a sidewalk and ran over her, according to Sgt. Armando Perdomo of the California Highway Patrol Santa Fe Springs Office. The woman was struck in the 2400 block of Fullerton Road just before 8:30 a.m., according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs. Firefighters arrived and freed the 71-year-old woman pinned under the vehicle, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department radio traffic. The woman sustained possible moderate injuries, Perdomo said. The woman was taken by ground ambulance to a nearby hospital. No arrests have been made. |
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