 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor AVOCADO HEIGHTS - A big rig hauling 30,000 pounds of perishables overturned and crashed on the trans road from the eastbound 60 freeway to the 605 freeway Sunday morning.
The California Highway Patrol has initiated a hard closure of the No. 1 and 2 lanes of the trans road to the northbound 605 freeway. The big rig and trailer overturned just before 7:30 a.m. Sunday, November 12. A Sig Alert has been issued for an unknown duration. There was a report that the big rig caught fire. The trailer wrapped itself around a freeway sign and damaged about 100 feet of K-rails, creating an immediate hazard, according to CHP traffic logs. The driver was briefly trapped, but was able to free himself during a rescue effort. It is unclear if the driver was injured.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor AVOCADO HEIGHTS - Detectives have just released the identity of a man stabbed to death at a nightclub June 14 and are asking for the public to help with the investigation.
Jie Deng was one of two men stabbed at a nightclub just before 1 a.m. at 131 S. 6th Ave. June 14. Deng and the other victim were taken to a hospital where Deng was pronounced dead. The condition of the second victim is not publicly known. Anyone with information on the stabbing is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Remain anonymous by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor AVOCADO HEIGHTS - Two men were found stabbed early Wednesday morning, investigators said.
Both men were taken to a hospital where one was pronounced dead. The second man’s condition has not yet been disclosed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives. Sheriff’s Industry Station deputies were sent to the 100 block of South 6th Avenue just before 1 a.m. June 14. The stabbing occurred in an industrial area just south of Valley Boulevard. Circumstances behind the stabbing, have not yet been revealed. Anyone with information on the stabbing is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Remain anonymous by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor AVOCADO HEIGHTS - A man was shot three times and walked several blocks to get help at a gas station Wednesday night, a Sheriff’s lieutenant said.
The victim wound up at the Arco gas station, 460 Workman Mill Rd. Deputies followed a trail of blood to the crime scene at Basetdale Avenue and Don Julian Road, according to Lt. Julie Geary of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Industry Station. Firefighters responded to a call from deputies around 7:15 p.m. A gas station employee called 911, Geary told SGV CityWatch. The victim was transported to an area trauma center, according to Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “The victim was shot three times and is in stable condition. He is expected to live,” Geary told SGV CityWatch. The victim is being uncooperative, Geary told SGV CityWatch. No suspect or vehicle description is available.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor AVOCADO HEIGHTS – A man said to be out on a jog collapsed and was pronounced dead at Workman Mill Road and Don Julian Road early Thursday. Firefighters were called to the scene at 7:53 a.m. January 23 to a cardiac arrest victim near a grocery outlet, according to a spokeswoman with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Deputies also responded to a report of a man down. The publicly-unidentified was possibly out for a jog when he collapsed and died, according to Sgt. Andre Kneubuhler of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Industry Station. An autopsy will determine the cause of death.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor AVOCADO HEIGHTS – The driver found in a submerged vehicle that plunged off the 605 freeway early Tuesday has yet to be identified. The collision occurred around 12:20 a.m. November 5 on the southbound 605 freeway north of the 60 freeway. Two CHP officers responded and found a Mazda submerged in the water, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A dive team with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded and found the driver deceased. No additional victims were located after a search.  PHOTO/Courtesy of Caltrans. Written by AARON CASTREJON CItyWatch Editor AVOCADO HEIGHTS - One person was transported by a helicopter to an area trauma center Monday after a semi rolled down an embankment and crashed. The collision occurred around 2:30 p.m. on the northbound 605 freeway trans road to the eastbound 60 freeway August 26. The semi hauling a trailer suffered major front end damage, an occupant became trapped, according to the California Highway Patrol. Firefighters requested heavy machinery to free the trapped patient.
The CHP issued a full closure of the affected trans road, a closure that is set to end possibly just before 7 p.m. The patient was freed and a helicopter landed nearby to pick up the patient. |
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