Tuesday, February 3, 2015

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, 1 OTHER PERSON HOSPITALIZED AFTER DIAMOND BAR BLVD CRASH INVOLVING PATROL CAR



 LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, 1 OTHER PERSON HOSPITALIZED AFTER DIAMOND BAR BLVD CRASH INVOLVING PATROL CAR


February 3, 2015

A sheriff’s deputy and another person were hospitalized after a traffic collision involving a patrol car in Diamond Bar on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department was called to the crash just before 12:30 p.m. at South Diamond Bar Boulevard and Grand Avenue, fire Inspector Rick Flores said.

Aerial video showed a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s patrol car with its front end smashed, and a white Lexus sedan that appeared to have been side-swiped. The intersection was shut down and scattered with debris. Multiple patrol cars were on scene by 1 p.m.


Multiple patrol cars were on the scene of a crash involving a deputy in Diamond Bar on Feb. 3, 2015. (Credit: KTLA)

A deputy and another person were transported by ground ambulance just to get checked out, said Lt. John Saleeby of the sheriff’s Walnut Station.

The deputy was responding to a rescue call when the collision occurred, Saleeby said. It was not known if the patrol car’s lights and siren were on at the time of the crash.

The call originally came in as a traffic collision with two people trapped, Flores said.