Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor HACIENDA HEIGHTS - The California Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating a driver seen running from a crash that killed a child and severely injured an adult.
The suspect is described as a white, or Latino man with a fair complexion, medium length hair parted to the side and is in his mid-30s. He wore light colored pants and a shirt. He was reportedly barefoot and ran eastbound on the 60 freeway from the collision, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash occurred on the westbound 60 freeway east of Crossroads Parkway Wednesday, March 22 around 4:08 a.m. Prior to that, a collision spun around a Hyundai Sonata, which then continued east in westbound lanes, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Sonata then crashed into several other vehicles, including a jackknifed big rig. Angelique Zarate, 11, died at the scene. Rafael Zarate, 50, was hospitalized with major injuries. Anyone with information on this fatal crash is urged to call the California Highway Patrol Santa Fe Springs Office at 562-868-0503. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor HACIENDA HEIGHTS – Two CHP officers were briefly hospitalized July 25 after a semi hauling a tractor trailer sideswiped their patrol vehicle and the vehicle of a stranded motorist.
The collisions occurred on the westbound 60 freeway east of Hacienda Boulevard around 4:22 a.m. One of the officers was seated in the stranded motorist’s Nissan with the vehicle’s owner in a passenger seat. The other officer used his patrol vehicle to push the Nissan off the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. “The officers suffered minor injuries and were transported to Pomona Valley Hospital for evaluation and have both been released. The female passenger and the driver of tractor-trailer combination suffered no injuries and refused medical treatment,” according to the California Highway Patrol in a written statement. “A passenger in the tractor-trailer combination was also unharmed.” |
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