Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

LOS ANGELES - The 67-year-old pedestrian struck and killed in a collision with an Azusa Police motorcycle officer was recently identified.

Xueqi Li was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Li died from blunt trauma. His manner of death was listed as accidental.

Li was a Covina resident, according to Sarah Ardalani, coroner public information officer.

The collision occurred around 9 p.m. in the unincorporated community of Charter Oak January 31.

Li was crossing the street when the officer eastbound on Cienega Avenue at Asherton Avenue collided with him, according to a California Highway Patrol press release.

Earlier reports indicated the man killed was a bicyclist.

The injured 63-year-old officer, a Covina resident, was given a police escort to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. The CHP stopped traffic on the southbound 57 freeway to allow an unobstructed path to the level 1 trauma center.

Li was also taken to Pomona Valley where he was pronounced dead.

Alcohol and drugs are not suspect factors in the crash.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

LOS ANGELES – More information was revealed Tuesday in the investigation into an Azusa Police motorcycle crash that killed a pedestrian January 31.

“Our officer is currently recovering from injuries caused by the collision. The officer was headed home after working his shift as a Motor Officer at Azusa PD,” according to the Azusa Police Department in an updated social media post.

The pedestrian killed has yet to be identified, but he is described as a 50-year-old Asian man. He was crossing the street when the officer eastbound on Cienega Avenue at Asherton Avenue collided with him, according to a California Highway Patrol press release.

The collision occurred around 9 p.m.

Earlier reports indicated the man killed was a bicyclist.

The injured 63-year-old officer, a Covina resident, was given a police escort to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. The CHP stopped traffic on the southbound 57 freeway to allow an unobstructed path to the level 1 trauma center.

The pedestrian was also taken to Pomona Valley where he was pronounced dead.

Alcohol and drugs are not suspect factors in the crash.

Anyone with information on this crash is urged to call the CHP Southern Division Investigative Services Unit at 323-644-9550.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

CHARTER OAK - A motorcycle officer reportedly with the Azusa Police Department is awake after striking a bicyclist on Cienega Avenue near Sunflower Avenue Monday night.

At 9:45 p.m., CHP officers at the scene were notified by dispatch that the bicyclist hit by the motor officer is dead. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies, Azusa Police, Glendora Police and the California Highway Patrol all responded to the scene just after 9 p.m.

A call to the California Highway Patrol Traffic Management Center did not yield very much information. The CHP is trying to confirm if the collision happened in their jurisdiction, according to Officer Elizabeth Kravig.

The intersection of Cienega Avenue and Sunflower Avenue is within the county jurisdiction, which would put all traffic collisions under the jurisdiction of the CHP.