Police discovered a man’s body May 20 near a freeway overpass in Monterey Park. Officers dispatched at 1:36 a.m. to Atlantic Boulevard near the Pomona (60) Freeway overpass located a man down in the middle of the northbound lanes, according to Sgt. Arlene Chaidez of the Monterey Park Police Department. “The subject was unresponsive and…

SAN DIEGO—A 29-year-old woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a hit-and-run crash in Old Town, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) reported April 24. Around 6:15 p.m. Sunday, the victim was walking on a sidewalk near 4000 Harney St. with another woman when a 30-year-old man driving a goldish-tan Ford F-350 crew cab truck…

SAN DIEGO—A 29-year-old woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a hit-and-run crash in Old Town, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) reported April 24. Around 6:15 p.m. Sunday, the victim was walking on a sidewalk near 4000 Harney St. with another woman when a 30-year-old man driving a goldish-tan Ford F-350 crew cab truck…

LOS ANGELES—Legislators were urged April 13 to strengthen traffic safety laws in the wake of a hit-and-run motorcycle crash in Boyle Heights that left a 13-year-old boy with a severed leg and a Banning man facing probable criminal charges. The suspect, 29-year-old Erwin Majano of Banning, was taken into custody early Tuesday morning in connection…

SUN VALLEY, Calif.—Traffic detectives April 9 asked the public for help locating the driver of an older model pickup truck believed responsible for the death of a pedestrian in Sun Valley. The fatal accident occurred just before 8:30 p.m. on Thursday on Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Keswick Street, according to a Los Angeles Police Department…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—An SUV struck and killed one pedestrian and injured another in Santa Ana April 2 before fleeing the scene, police said. The Santa Ana Police Department received multiple calls regarding a pedestrian down in traffic lanes at 500 W. St. Gertrude Place shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday. Responding officers found two pedestrians in…

Police allege the driver of a pickup truck that killed two people and injured nine others in the eastern Quebec town of Amqui acted deliberately and with premeditation. Provincial police Sgt. Claude Doiron says the 38-year-old driver will appear in court later today. Doiron said the police investigation suggests the driver swerved from one side…

PICO RIVERA, Calif.—One woman was killed and one was hospitalized with serious injuries in a hit-and-run crash in Pico Rivera, authorities said March 13. The crash was reported at 11:22 p.m. Sunday near Rooks and Rose Hills roads, according to Deputy Michael Chen of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The two women were walking with another…

SAN DIEGO—Investigators Feb. 27 sought to identify and locate a motorist who fled following a fatal weekend traffic crash in a Fairmount Park-area neighborhood. The victim, described only as male, was found lying mortally injured in the roadway at Trailing Drive and Tulip Street about 10 p.m. Sunday, according to the San Diego Police Department…

SEAL BEACH, Calif.—The motorist who caused the hit-and-run crash in Seal Beach that injured five people has been arrested. The crash occurred around 7:10 p.m. on February 11 at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street, according to Seal Beach police Lt. Julia Clasby. The driver, later identified as 23-year-old Jahson Imgrund of…