News 63rd/Paramount: Passenger Dies, Driver Lives After Horrific Crash Into Utility Pole
(Oct. 19, 2006) -- LB firefighters responding to the 6300 block of Paramount Blvd. on Oct. 18 at about 4:00 p.m. encountered a terrible sight: a car had slammed into a utility pole with such force that it tore the vehicle in half. | Photo: LBFD Capt/PIO Jim Arvizu |
Photo: LBFD Capt/PIO Jim Arvizu | LBFD Engine 12, Rescue 12, Truck 17, Truck 11, Battalion Chief 3 and BLS 11 [Basic Life Support Transport] responded, extricated the driver and his passenger and rushed them to local hospitals. |
The driver, identified by police as a 24 year-old Cudahy resident, sustained what police describe as minor injuries. His passenger, Alexander Hernandez, 25, of Baldwin Park, did not survive.
| Photo: LBFD Capt/PIO Jim Arvizu |
LBPD's preliminary investigation indicates the driver was allegedly speeding and lost control of the vehicle.
Anyone with information regarding what took place is asked to contact LBPD's Accident Investigations Detectives Brian Watt or Raymond Dennison at (562) 570-7355.
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