San Gabriel Valley

The driver of a pickup truck was seriously injured Tuesday night when a car crashed into the truck in Diamond Bar, sending both vehicles down an embankment.

Deputies used a bloodhound to look for the other driver but the scent trail ended, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Mario Avola.

Avola said a Hyundai Sonata coming down Steep Canyon Road shortly after 10 p.m., ran a stop sign and collided with a pickup truck traveling on Diamond Bar Boulevard. The car and the pickup fell down opposites of the road.

He said the car rolled 100 feet down but the truck didn’t fall that far. The man driving the pickup sustained significant injuries and was taken to a hospital, according to Avola.

Deputies couldn’t find the driver of the Sonata and brought in a bloodhound to search the area, he said.

“The dog followed the scent above the ravine and it just stopped,” Avola said.

He said the car was registered to someone in Murrieta. Deputies went to the address but the registered owner doesn’t live there, Avola said.

It’s unknown if the registered owner was the one driving the car Tuesday night.

A driver was badly injured when his car crashed into a tree in San Dimas early Thursday morning.

The man lost control and struck a tree on San Dimas Avenue at Calle Liseta shortly after 1:30 a.m., sheriff’s Sgt. Pete Shupe said. He added that the man sustained head injuries.

Deputies didn’t smell alcohol on the driver, Shupe said.

Firefighters freed the trapped driver and took him to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Scott Elliott said.

Authorities did not know the man’s condition.

A tractor trailer overturned and poured out hundreds of cans of Modelo beer along Garvey Avenue in West Covina Thursday morning.

Evidence of alcohol at the scene Fortunately, not a factor. Big rig was hauling cases of tall cans.

Speed+Rain=Crash

The driver survived and was uninjured because he WAS wearing his seatbelt. #beer #bigrig #freeway #crash #chp #californiahighwaypatrol #seatbelt pic.twitter.com/GT8mra1Ird

— CHP Baldwin Park (@CHPBaldwinPark) March 7, 2019

The crash occurred at about 6:30 a.m. The West Covina Police Department posted a video of the overturned truck to its Twitter account and warned motorists to avoid the area of Garvey Avenue, from Fairway Lane to Hillhaven Drive.

Traffic lanes shut down both East and Westbound on N. Garvey Av., Just east of Fairway Ln to Hillhaven Dr. A Semi truck with a full load of Modelo Beer overturned blocking the roadway until further notice. CHP is on scene and handling the investigation. ^^DS pic.twitter.com/v1NaBR6Ly6

— West Covina Police (@WestCovinaPD) March 7, 2019

The cause of the crash was under investigation. It wasn’t immediately clear if the driver was hurt.

A driver heading the wrong way on the eastbound 10 Freeway in West Covina died, and another motorist was injured when two vehicles collided head-on Monday morning.

Authorities have not released the name of the Los Angeles woman killed in the crash. The other driver, a 30-year-old Pomona resident, suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, California Highway Patrol Officer Rodrigo Jimenez said.

The wrong-way driver was in a 1997 Honda Civic going west in the eastbound lanes shortly before 3 a.m. The Civic crashed into a Mazda CX5 near the Citrus Avenue ramp, Jimenez said.

Witnesses reported the woman was honking at other vehicles as she drove slowly the wrong way, the CHP said. Both the woman’s vehicle and the vehicle she struck overturned in the left lanes, the CHP said.

Fog might have contributed to the incident, the CHP said.

The CHP shut down all eastbound lanes at 3:17 a.m. The lanes reopened at 5:38 a.m.

City News Service contributed to this report.

A 92-year-old bicyclist who was struck by an SUV in Glendora over the weekend died at a hospital Monday, Sept.17, police said. The coroner’s office has not yet identified the man.

The collision happened on Bonnie Cove and Juanita avenues at 8:59 a.m. Sunday. Glendora police Sgt. Jason Tibbetts said there is no traffic light at the 4-way stop. He said the bicyclist entered the intersection and got hit by an SUV. The driver remained at the scene, he added.

The bicyclist died Monday night at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Tibbetts said.

Authorities identified the truck driver killed Tuesday, Sept. 11, in a two-vehicle crash on the 210 Freeway in Pasadena as Jamie De La Paz, 60, of Fontana.

The 6:30 p.m. crash was on the westbound 210 Freeway, east of Wilson Avenue, and involved a collision between a big rig hauling powdered concrete and a 2016 GMC Sierra, said California Highway Patrol Officer Miguel Luevano.

The Sierra driver was able to regain control, but the big rig veered to the right, jackknifed, went up the concrete embankment, hit a tree and overturned. The big rig driver died, while the man driving the Sierra, a 54-year-old Temecula resident, wasn’t injured.

The investigation was ongoing, CHP Officer Ryan Bejar said.

The CHP closed the Lake Avenue off-ramp and the Hill Avenue on-ramp for eight and a half hours.

A truck driver died Thursday night when his big rig overturned then hit a guard rail and wall on the transition road from the westbound 60 Freeway to the 605 Freeway in Bassett.

Coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter identified the dead man as Jose Escobedo Avila, 54, of Avondale, Ariz.

The preliminary investigation showed Avila was driving a Freightliner, shortly after 10:20 p.m. Thursday, when he failed to negotiate the curve; the big rig rolled onto its left side, struck a guard rail and a concrete wall, the California Highway Patrol said.

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The coroner office’s on Wednesday identified the driver found fatally shot in El Monte as a Pomona resident.

Coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter said 20-year-old Fabian Garcia Barajas was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. He said Barajas sustained multiple gunshot wounds. An autopsy is pending.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives have not made an arrest in the fatal shooting.

El Monte police officers went to the 12300 block of Valley Boulevard after a caller reported a crash at 12:33 a.m. A bystander pointed out a car that crashed through the gate of a business. Officers discovered Barajas dead in the driver seat.

They did not find a gun. No one else was in the car.

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A driver suffered minor injuries when her sport utility vehicle crashed into a power pole and sheared it early Wednesday morning in San Dimas.

Deputies heading to an unrelated call saw the solo crash on Arrow Highway and Walnut Avenue around 4 a.m.

The 20-year-old Covina woman told deputies she fell asleep while driving westbound on Arrow Highway, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Elisabeth Sachs.

The 2002 Chevrolet Suburban struck a power pole on the sidewalk. Sachs said the pole was sheared off but didn’t fall on the street because the power lines held it up.

She said paramedics treated the driver at the scene. The woman complained of pain to her abdomen and was taken to a local hospital.

Sachs said nearby businesses lost power. Deputies closed off the westbound lanes of Arrow Highway at Walnut Avenue.

Here is the accident scene: