CHARTER OAK – A driver is scheduled to be arraigned on a felony hit and run charge today as the man she allegedly hit continues to fight for his life.

The collision occurred January 27 between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The injured man was found behind USA Gasoline, 20354 E. Arrow Hwy. in Charter Oak.

Victoria Wright Fisher, a 73-year-old Glendora woman, was identified as a suspect after the investigation was transferred from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office.

Fisher was found and arrested in Covina February 4 at 10:50 a.m. She drove a 2000 Nissan Pathfinder when the collision occurred, according to Officer Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office.

The circumstances that led to the collision are not immediately known. It is unclear if alcohol led to the crash.

The victim, identified as Oliver, was left with countless injuries: a broken pelvis, 17 broken ribs, a broken ankle, collapsed lungs, a broken leg, a broken clavicle and more. He recently began battling pneumonia, for which he underwent surgery to clear his lungs, according to his sister, Maggie Bunten.

Security footage from USA Gasoline reportedly showed the collision.

The driver entered the gas station lot from Arrow Highway, drove behind the gas station and struck Oliver. The driver exited the vehicle after the crash, reentered the SUV and drove out to Bonnie Cove Avenue, Bunten told SGV CityWatch.

The arrest was made one day after the case files were delivered to the CHP Baldwin Park Office, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch.

Fisher was issued a citation and released the same day of her arrest. She is expected to appear in the West Covina Courthouse, according to Los Angeles County booking records.

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

COVINA - Alcohol, drugs and speeding may have led to a fatal crash late Monday night, the California Highway Patrol said.

A 57-year-old Covina man died at the scene in the 4200 block of Sunflower Avenue August 2 after crashing head on into a cinder block wall and metal gate, according to the California Highway Patrol in a written statement.

The crash occurred around 11:05 p.m. The unidentified driver was southbound on Sunflower and crashed at the dead end.

The CHP had southbound and northbound lanes of Sunflower Avenue closed until 3:40 a.m.

The driver was pronounced dead at 11:26 p.m. A pending examination will determine cause of death, according to Sarah Ardalani, public information officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

Anyone with information on this crash is urged to call CHP Officer Xavier Becerra at 626-338-1164.

Written by AARON CASTREJON 
CityWatch Editor

CHARTER OAK - A hydrant was sheared and two people were injured in a crash on eastbound Arrow Highway Monday.

The collision occurred at 5 p.m. at eastbound Arrow Highway west of Banna Avenue in the unincorporated community of Charter Oak. Firefighters arrived six minutes later to treat those injured, according to Captain Ron Haralson of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The crash between a black PT Cruiser and a white sedan sent both vehicles onto the southern sidewalk where a hydrant was then sheared.

It was initially reported that four occupants were injured and that children were inside the vehicles when they crashed, but Haralson did not have definitive information on the number, or ages of the patients.

At least two patients were transported to Foothill Presbyterian Hospital, according to firefighter radio traffic.

Firefighters shut off the sheared hydrant just before 6 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor

CHARTER OAK - A driver has been detained after colliding into a pedestrian and a dog Monday evening.

The pedestrian and dog were struck at Arrow Highway and Glendora Avenue just before 7 p.m. The dog died at the scene. The pedestrian was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, according to the California Highway Patrol.