Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - The investigation continues into the death of a man whose body was found near a freeway on ramp in Azusa Thursday afternoon. Carlos Zuniga Medina, 29, was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. He died from gunshot wounds. His death was ruled a homicide. The body was found just before 3:18 p.m. April 9 on the Vernon Avenue on ramp. Medina was declared dead on arrival, according to Dispatch Supervisor Troy of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A Sig Alert for the on ramp from Vernon Avenue to the eastbound 210 freeway was initiated at 3:53 p.m. Thursday. The Sig Alert was canceled at 1:14 a.m. Friday, according to Officer Patrick Kimball of the California Highway Patrol Traffic Management Center.
April 8, police were called to a reported shooting victim at that same location after 10 p.m. No victim had been found. It is unclear if Wednesday nights call and Thursday nights discovery of a dead man are connected. The California Highway Patrol Investigative Services unit is determining the circumstances of the shooting, according to Officer Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Officer. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor BALDWIN PARK - A DUI checkpoint will be held in the unincorporated area of Azusa starting at 8 p.m. Friday, March 13, the Baldwin Park CHP Office said. Placing checkpoints on roads with identified DUI problems and detaining drivers for a very limited time “helps to assure we conform to the guidelines,” according to Baldwin Park CHP Captain Susan Estrem. Officers trained in detecting impaired drivers will be equipped with hand-held breath testing devices in an effort to get an accurate blood-alcohol concentration. All vehicles will be checked, traffic permitting. If traffic volume becomes too heavy, every third and fifth vehicle will be checked to maintain objectivity, the CHP said. Estrem added that checkpoints can “reduce the number of drinking drivers on the road, even though arrest totals do not rise dramatically.” A major value of checkpoints is their psychological influence. The Checkpoint Is Scheduled for 8 p.m. CLICK TO READ MORE Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE – A 23-year-old driver was identified as the victim in a fatal crash with a big rig February 26. Juan Carlos Recendez of Baldwin Park was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of medical Examiner-Coroner. The crash occurred on the northbound side of the freeway just south of Lower Azusa Road around 2:09 a.m. February 26. The No. 1 and 2 lanes were blocked for two hours, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Debris was reportedly spread across all lanes, forcing CHP officers to temporarily close all northbound lanes. Baldwin Park Police assisted the CHP by shutting down the northbound 605 freeway on ramp at Ramona Boulevard. The Los Angeles County Coroner arrived to retrieve the victim at 3:19 a.m. A Sig Alert, issued for the No. 1 and 2 lanes, was cancelled at 5:08 a.m. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PICO RIVERA - A sedan slammed into a semi, killing the car’s driver on Rosemead Boulevard early Sunday morning. The sedan crashed into the semi on southbound Rosemead Boulevard south of San Gabriel Boulevard around 12:21 a.m. February 23. According to early CHP reports, the sedan went over and embankment and crashed, according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs. The victim died at the scene.
A Sig Alert was issued for nearly four hours for north and southbound lanes of Rosemead Boulevard between San Gabriel Boulevard and Gallatin Avenue. Northbound lanes were open sometime before 5 a.m. The Sig Alert was canceled just before 5:30 a.m.
Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor
REGION - The California Highway Patrol continues to investigate a crash on a mountain road above Azusa that left a motorcycle rider with broken bones.
The crash occurred February 15 on Highway 39 south of North Fork Road just before 1 p.m. The rider was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center for his injuries. Charges may be considered once the investigation is concluded. No one has been arrested yet, according to Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office. The motorcycle rider was southbound on Highway 39 at mile marker 28.89. A black BMW was headed northbound when the driver pulled away at high speed from another vehicle recording it, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch. The BMW driver, a 19-year-old Los Angeles resident, sideswiped a Chrysler 300 while making a turn and slammed head-on into a Yamaha motorcycle as the BMW crossed into opposing lanes, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch.
In the video, the Yamaha is thrust backwards by the impact with the BMW, The Yamaha was hit from behind by a Hyundai Veloster, projecting it into the air just above the motorcycle rider who somersaulted in the air before hitting the pavement. The BMW then struck the front of the Ford Mustang.
Initially, medics determined the 25-year-old motorcycle rider from Santa Ana suffered a fractured right hand and a fractured right leg which also suffered lacerations and abrasions. “I’m very surprised he survived,” Jimenez said of the motorcycle rider. “I’m sure, had he not been wearing a helmet, it would have ended up being a fatality.” SGV CityWatch reached out to the rider, but he has not returned a request for an interview. The driver of the Veloster, a 21-year-old from Huntington Beach, received abrasions to his left shoulder and abdomen, Jimenez said, who cautioned about unnecessary driving habits on mountain roads. “Those roads are nice, right? The scenery is great, but at the end of the day it’s everyone’s responsibility to drive safe,” Jimenez said. “It’s not a racetrack, it’s not a closed course. If you leave your lane, you’re putting other lives at risk.” Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor REGION - Residents will get a great preview of what’s to come January 1 on New Years Eve when 31 floats constructed in Irwindale and Azusa will slowly make their way to Pasadena. The floats are scheduled to leave as early as 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and take the following route:
Limited portions of the escorts will also travel west in the 16100 block of Ornelas Street to Irwindale Avenue, according to the Irwindale Police Department.
Intermittent street closures began at 6 a.m. in the 16000 block of Avenida Padilla in Irwindale and the 1300 block of West Optical drive in Azusa for float judging and support vehicle staging, Irwindale Police said. A full street closure is scheduled in Irwindale at 1 p.m. for float judging and support vehicle staging in the 16100 block of Ornelas Street in Irwindale. Full street closures are scheduled to start at 2 p.m. for the caravan on the following streets:
Temporary “no parking” restrictions will affect portions of Irwindale Road, Ornelas Street and Adelante Street throughout the day. Access to and from the Irwindale Gold Line Station, neighboring parking structure and nearby bus stop for Foothill Transit line 185 will be impacted. The caravan is expected to last roughly 6 hours. East and west traffic on Arrow Highway will be greatly impacted as floats travel south on Irwindale Avenue to westbound Arrow Highway. The California Highway Patrol and local law enforcement will provide escorts for the floats on their journey to Pasadena. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor REGION - The driver of a 2018 Honda Civic died after his car veered across the southbound 57 freeway near Diamond and crashed over a dirt embankment Friday. The California Highway Patrol identified Carlos Silva Cabrera, a 36-year-old Riverside man, as the driver who died at the scene south of Brea Canyon Road December 27. The crash occurred around 10:05 p.m. Silva Cabrera was in an unknown lane at an unknown speed when he drifted into the dirt embankment.
CHP traffic logs initially indicated the Honda veered into a canyon. By 10:33 p.m., a CHP officer found the vehicle. A Sig Alert was issued for the No. 3 and 4 lanes at 3:05 a.m. The Sig Alert was cancelled at 5:52 a.m., the CHP said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A 21-year-old woman was named as the victim of a multi-vehicle wreck on the 210 freeway December 15. Jennifer Gainer Goldsbury was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Four vehicles were involved in a colossal collision caused by an unknown driver who abandoned a black Ford Fusion after hitting a guardrail on the westbound side of the 210 freeway east of Buena Vista Street at 2:45 a.m. The drivers of a 2016 Toyota Highlander, 2006 Chevrolet Malibu, 2010 Ford Mustang and 2015 Ford Escape could not brake in time to avoid the Ford Fusion due to the oil, coolant, transmission fluid and brake fluid spilled across lanes of the freeway, according to a California Highway Patrol collision report obtained by SGV CityWatch. A passenger in the Highlander, later identified as Goldsbury, was ejected and sustained fatal injuries. She died at the scene, the CHP said.
Goldsbury was reported not wearing a seatbelt -- the only one among the injured to not be properly restrained, the CHP said. One of the injured drivers, 25-year-old Carlos Estrada of Woodland Hills, was jailed on suspicion of driving under the influence. It is unclear if Estrada’s DUI driving caused Goldsbury’s fatal injuries, the CHP said. Estrada suffered a fractured thumb. Others injured suffered from complaints of pain. The driver of the Highlander suffered a parietal hematoma and broken sternum, the collision report listed. It is unclear if the driver of the abandoned Ford Fusion was arrested. Anyone with additional information on the crash is urged to call Officer D. Gonzalez of the CHP Baldwin Park Office at 626-33-1164. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - A motorcyclist was pronounced dead after crashing on Highway 39 south of Crystal Lake. The crash was reported to the CHP around 10:29 a.m. December 15. A motorcyclist crashed near mile marker 33.80. A passerby reported the rider was not moving, according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs. Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service performed CPR on the rider upon arrival to the scene.
Medics with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau arrived by helicopter and also treated the rider before pronouncing death, according to U.S. Forest Service radio traffic and the CHP. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MOUNTAINS - A motorcyclist died after crashing on Mt. Baldy Rd. south of Glendora Ridge Road, the California Highway Patrol reported. Officers were dispatched to the collision at 8:33 a.m. December 15. The motorcycle is still on or near the roadway while the rider went over the side of the mountain, according California Highway Patrol traffic logs. Both northbound and southbound lanes of Mt. Baldy Road are shut down during the recovery operation, the CHP said. |
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