A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department vehicle collided with an SUV at Hacienda Boulevard and Temple Avenue in La Puente on Sunday morning, a crash that ultimately pushed the sheriff's vehicle off the roadway, into a parked car, and finally into a residential driveway. At least one patient was taken to a hospital by ambulance.
According to MyNewsLA.com, the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported the crash at 10:13 a.m. Sunday. The outlet reported that the sheriff's cruiser and the SUV collided at the Hacienda Boulevard and Temple Avenue intersection, setting off the chain of impacts that ended in the driveway.
Vehicle Struck Parked Car Before Coming to Rest in Driveway
The sheriff's vehicle entered the residential driveway, where it struck a parked vehicle, per the same account. The patient taken to the hospital was reportedly from the SUV, though the report does not specify the person's condition or identity.
No further details on injuries to anyone else involved, including whether the deputy was hurt, were included in the available reporting. The cause of the collision and who, if anyone, was found at fault have not been established in the reporting reviewed for this story.
Pattern of Deputy-Involved Crashes Across the County
Sunday's crash adds to a string of recent collisions involving Los Angeles County sheriff's vehicles across the region. In Commerce, a sheriff's deputy collision reportedly set off a chain-reaction crash that killed one person, according to the Los Angeles Times. In the Athens neighborhood, two deputies were reportedly hospitalized after their patrol SUV collided with a Honda and was sent into a fire hydrant, as reported by KTLA.
La Puente has also seen a pursuit end in a crash. In a separate case, ABC7 reported that a suspect was injured after leading authorities on a chase that ended when he struck another vehicle and smashed into a brick wall near Willow and Fairgrove avenues around 4:40 p.m. on a Friday. That pursuit is unrelated to Sunday's deputy-involved crash at Hacienda and Temple.
Elsewhere in the county, a pursuit involving the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reportedly ended in a crash and an arrest in East Los Angeles, according to CBS Los Angeles. None of these incidents offer confirmed details about what caused Sunday's crash in La Puente, and no official statement, citations, or arrests connected to the Hacienda Boulevard and Temple Avenue collision have been made public.
