 Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor VINCENT - A driver died Thursday morning after slamming into the front of a semi. The crash happened in southbound lanes of North Lark Ellen Avenue south of East Cypress Street just before 2 a.m. December 19. All lanes of Lark Ellen Avenue between Cypress Street and Lark Ellen Lane continue to be blocked. The Toyota Corolla that slammed into the front of the semi is almost unrecognizable. As of 5:30 a.m., firefighters were still attempting to pull the driver from the twisted vehicle.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor VINCENT - The at-fault driver who reportedly made an unsafe exit onto Arrow Highway was airlifted to a trauma center after being extricated from his vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash occurred in the 800 block of Arrow Highway March 7 around 2:20 p.m. in Unincorporated Azusa. The driver, listed as a 32-year-old Azusa man, exited south in a Honda Accord from a 7-Eleven driveway onto Arrow and in the path of another driver, according to Officer Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office. The 19-year-old driver of a Lexus IS 250 swerved, but still crashed into the left side of the Honda, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch. Firefighters extricated the Honda driver and he was transported by helocopter to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center. Due to his injuries, the Honda driver has yet to face charges, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch. The driver of the Lexus was relatively uninjured.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor VINCENT - A driver died at the scene of a crash July 28.
The collision destroyed a power pole and damaged part of a residential cinder block wall at North Vincent Avenue and East Queenside Dr. Los Angeles County Firefighters we’re dispatched around 1:49 p.m. The driver of the crashed vehicle was unresponsive. CPR was being performed, according to the California Highway Patrol. It is unclear if the driver died from crash injuries, or from a medical emergency which led to the crash.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor VINCENT - Three dozen drivers and pedestrians were cited September 23 in a safety enforcement operation in unincorporated Vincent. The operation took place at Lark Ellen Avenue and Gladstone Street, where CHP officers focused on motorists and pedestrians who failed to yield the right-of-way, or made unsafe and illegal actions, according to California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office Public Information Officer Rodrigo Jimenez. The CHP wants to remind motorists and pedestrians of a few basic safety practices:
 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor VINCENT - A driver died Wednesday afternoon after crashing into the rear of tractor trailer, the California Highway Patrol reported. The crash occurred on westbound San Bernardino Road west of Nora Avenue around 4:38 p.m. The driver of a 1996 Freightliner tractor trailer stopped ahead of a 1998 Honda Civic to begin backing into a driveway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
All other drivers on the road behind the tractor trailer stopped except for the Civic driver who continued driving at an unsafe speed until he slammed into the left rear side of the tractor trailer, the CHP said. The Civic became pinned under the tractor trailer. The 75-year-old driver of the Civic was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center where he died. His name has not yet been publicly released.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor VINCENT - The California Highway Patrol will conduct a pedestrian safety operation on county streets near Azusa Tuesday, March 12. The operation will take place at Lark Ellen Avenue and Gladstone Street. Officers will focus on drivers and pedestrians who fail to yield the right-of-way, or who take unsafe and illegal actions, according to officer Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office. Officers dressed in plain clothes will cross the street while uniformed officers will watch for drivers and pedestrians who fail to yield, Jimenez said.
The goal of these operations is to educate the community and to help develop safe practices while driving, walking or biking. From 2005 to 2018, CHP officers in this area have investigated 429 traffic collisions involving pedestrians in unincorporated areas, the most recent was a fatality at Don Julian Road at Pamela Kay Lane in Avocado Heights in January, 2018, Jimenez said. This operation is possible through a grant funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  PHOTO/Courtesy of Andi Wells. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor VINCENT - 1,288 customers are without power after a transformer fell onto a tree, which fell onto wires in Vincent Monday morning.
Firefighters responded to a reported tree fire in the 4800 block of North Vincent Avenue, north of Cypress Street in the unincorporated community of Vincent around 11:30 a.m., according to a representative from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Firefighters were told that a tree caught fire, but no open flames were found. There was no estimated time for repair given by Southern California Edison. There were no reports of injuries.  PHOTO/Aaron Castrejon. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor VINCENT - Apparently no injuries were reported in a solo crash on eastbound Arrow Highway at Enid Street Sunday morning.
The Ford F-350 took out a traffic light on the southeast corner of the intersection and slammed into a power pole around 8:28 a.m. No one was injured, according to the California Highway Patrol traffic logs. The Los Angeles County Fire Department was unavailable to answer calls for information on possible injuries. The downed traffic light partially hung on phone or cable lines and rested on top of the truck, which workers could not remove for several hours until the pole was hoisted off the truck. Remaining traffic lights in the area were darkened and it was unknown how widespread the outage was. |
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