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 - Sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating what led to a woman’s death after she was discovered at a car wash Thursday morning.
Los Angeles County firefighters responded to a report of an unconscious person at Cypress Street and North Grand Avenue at 1:14 a.m. and found the woman inside a vehicle. They declared her dead on arrival, according to a representative with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The woman’s vehicle was parked at a car wash in the 19500 block of East Cypress Street, according to Lt. Ed Mackenzie of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station. Investigators do not suspect foul play, Mackenzie told SGV CityWatch. Identification for the woman is still pending. She was only described as a Caucasian in her 50s, according to Sarah Ardalani, public information officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. |
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