Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

COVINA - One person was pulled from an overturned car unconscious after it rolled over in a multi-vehicle crash Thursday night.

All lanes are open on the west Interstate 10 freeway west of Via Verde Drive after the collision briefly closed all lanes, according to the California Highway Patrol.

At least two vehicles collided, with one ending up in the center divider and a dark sedan overturning in the slow lane around 6:25 p.m. Earlier reports indicated possibly seven vehicles crashed.

The occupant in the overturned vehicle was pulled out unconscious.

The No. 2, 3 and 4 lanes were booked to traffic long enough to force impatient drivers to exit the freeway via the Kellogg Drive onramp, the CHP said.

At least one patient was taken to an area hospital, according to Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

COVINA - A man was bit by a K9, shocked with a stun gun twice, hit with less lethal rounds when he resisted officers after jumping from the roof of the closed Covina Bowl, Police said.

The still unidentified suspect is being medically evaluated and will be booked in the Covina jail after the roughly 40-minute standoff. The suspect was reportedly tampering with an air-conditioning unit on the defunct bowling alley, According to Lt. Trevor Gaumer of the Covina Police Department.

Police were called to Covina Bowl, 1060 W. San Bernardino Rd. around 4:48 p.m. November 16. The owner happened to be at the property and discovered the suspect on the roof, Gaumer said.

The suspect refused police commands to descend and began throwing objects at police on the ground. The suspect even lit palm fronds on fire and threw them at police, Gaumer said.

“We decided we had to go up on the roof and get him. With the help of a fire department ladder, we got up on the roof,” Gaumer said.

The suspect then jumped about 20 feet down, with a nearby awning to help break his fall at the shuttered Radio Shack. He landed on his feet and ultimately resisted arrest until subdued.

It is unclear if the suspect was under the influence of drugs.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

COVINA - A driver wanted on suspicion of crossing the carpool lane double barrier on the 210 freeway was arrested after fleeing the CHP Friday.
 
A CHP officer attempted to stop the driver on the east 210 freeway at Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia around 7:15 a.m. The driver refused to stop and fled the CHP at high speed, according to Sgt. Ernie Amaya of the California Highway Patrol Altadena Office.
 
The pursuit, which went more than 100 miles per hour at times, exited in the Azusa area and went south on Citrus Avenue and west onto Cypress Street in Covina where the driver fled the car on foot at Viceroy Avenue, Amaya said.
 
“He went on foot and tried to blend in at a Chevron station,” Amaya said.
 
Altadena CHP officers, aided by officers from the Baldwin Park Office, located the suspect and took him into custody without incident.
 
Arrested was Rito Rodriguez. He was booked on suspicion of felony evading police, Amaya said.
 
A background check revealed multiple driver license suspensions on Rodriguez’s record, Amaya said.