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. |
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