Authorities Sunday identified four members of a La Puente family killed last week after their SUV had a tire blowout and tumbled off the 134 Freeway in Eagle Rock.

Veronica Ramirez, 38, her husband Salvador Ramirez, 40, and their daughter Jackelyn Ramirez, 11, died at the scene of the Aug. 12 crash on the freeway near Figueroa Street in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said. Salvador Ramirez’s father, Rafael Ramirez-Rodriguez, died at a hospital shortly after the crash.

Two girls, ages 6 and 15, were reportedly ejected from the SUV and and hospitalized with serious injuries.

The crash took place about 6:50 p.m. on the southbound 134 Freeway, according to the CHP.

Witnesses reported that the SUV appeared to have experienced a tire blowout before tumbling over the side of the roadway and hitting the roadway 36 feet below, officials said.

LA PUENTE — A man escaped with an unknown amount of cash after using a knife to rob a pizzeria Sunday, officials said.

The crime took place about 10 a.m. at a pizza restaurant in the 1200 block of N. Hacienda Boulevard, just north of Fairgrove Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Desiree Rodriguez said.

The robber brandished a 6- to 8-inch knife as he demanded cash from the business, she said.

He was last seen heading east on Fairgrove Avenue on foot, officials said.

Officials described the robber as a Latino man in his early- to mid-20s, wearing a gray hooded sweat shirt, Rodriguez said.

Initial reports from the scene further described the robber as about 5 feet 6 inches tall, 145 pounds and wearing blue jeans.

Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s Industry Station.

A La Puente man faces criminal charges for allegedly leading San Gabriel police on a high speed chase in a stolen car that crashed in Covina Thursday night. He’s also accused of breaking into a house while on the run.

Police reportedly recovered a gun and drugs.

Terence Anthony Warner, 30, will be arraigned Monday at Alhambra Superior Court.

The incident started at 11:24 p.m. Thursday when an officer saw a Toyota Camry on Broadway and Burton Avenue in San Gabriel driving without its lights on, according to San Gabriel police Lt. Ariel Duran.

He said the officer tried to pull over the car but it took off. When the car reached Huntington Drive, he said it accelerated to 100 mph.

The chase went on the eastbound 210 freeway, the 605 freeway, exited at Valley Boulevard, entered the 605 freeway again then headed back to the eastbound 210.

Duran said the Toyota got off the freeway at Azusa Avenue and headed south at about 90 mph.

But the driver apparently lost control and hit trees. He abandoned the wrecked car and fled.

Duran said the man broke a window to get into a residence. The retired police officer living there was home at the time.

“(The resident) had him at gunpoint,” Duran said.

But the intruder got out through a window, jumped on a roof and made his way down.

An officer spotted the man and arrested him.

Duran said the car’s passenger, a 17-year-old girl, couldn’t make it over a block wall and was taken into custody. She was arrested on suspicion of giving false impersonation to an officer. He said the teen was probably released later to the custody of a parent or guardian.

The Toyota turned out to be a rental car embezzled from Enterprise, Duran said.

Warner was arrested on suspicion of felony evading police, grand theft auto, possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession of a controlled substance while armed, identity theft, felony vandalism and having a loaded weapon in a vehicle.

He was being held at the Inmate Reception Center in lieu of $75,000 bail.

A family got a rude awakening early Sunday when a drunken driver plowed through the cinder block wall surrounding their backyard and ended up submerged in their swimming pool, authorities said.

Modesto Cabral, 40, of La Puente was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence following the 5:25 a.m. crash on Barrydale Street at Orange Avenue, in the unincorporated county area of West Valinda, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Steve Licon.

“We woke up to an awful noise and looked outside, and a car was in the pool,” said resident Janelle Diaz, 16.

“We had always joked around about it — that someone was going to end up in the pool — because they’ve hit our wall before,” she added.

Cabral suffered only minor injuries in the crash, Licon said.

He was westbound on Delvale Street in his 2006 Lexus GS430 approaching a “T intersection” prior to the crash, the sergeant said.

“Mr. Cabral allowed his vehicle to travel through the ‘T’ intersection at Orange Avenue and continue over the west concrete sidewalk,” Licon said.

The car then plowed through the cinder block wall and into the backyard swimming pool, he said.

“Mr. Cabral was able to exit his vehicle through the right front window,” the sergeant added.

Investigating officers determined he was “under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs,” Licon said.

According to county booking records, Cabral was being held in lieu of $10,000 bail pending his scheduled arraignment Tuesday in El Monte Superior Court.

PHOTOS courtesy of Beatriz Diaz

LA PUENTE — Hacienda Boulevard was blocked in La Puente Sunday after a broken water main opened a gaping sinkhole in the roadway, officials said.

The sinkhole was first reported just before 1 a.m. on Hacienda Boulevard  at Fairgrove Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. James Beamon said.

The sinkhole measured an estimated 25-feet by 15-feet, he added.

Both directions of travel on Hacienda Boulevard were shut down between Fairgrove and Francisquito avenues as officials worked to make repairs.

“It will remain inaccessible for an unknown period of time,” Beamon said.

“Industry Sheriff’s Station personnel are advising the public to plan alternate travel routes and expect traffic delays,” he added.

For more information, contact the sheriff’s Industry Station at 626-330-3322.

Animal control officials are seeking the owner, or a new home, for a brave 2-year-old Labrador who refused to abandon her companion who had been struck by a car on Hacienda Boulevard in La Puente.

“Grace,” as she’s being called by officials from the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control, was first spotted by a passer-by Wednesday morning in the 1200 block of Hacienda Boulevard, just north of Fairgrove Avenue, DACC officials said in a written statement.

“(Grace was) laying in the street next to another dog, which was motionless and had suffered obvious head trauma,” according the the statement.

The loyal black Labrador refused to leave the side of her companion, though the other dog had died, DACC spokesman Aaron Reyes said.

The good Samaritan placed traffic cones around the animals to keep Grace from being struck as well, officials said.

Animal control officials responded to the scene and took the frightened but unharmed dog to a shelter.

Grace had no tag and no microchip implant, and as of Saturday, no one had come forward to claim her, Reyes said.

If she remains unclaimed, she may available for adoption as early as Monday, he added.

Though timid when she first arrived at the shelter, “The staff just showered her with admiration and love,” Reyes said. “She seems to be a well-adjusted little girl.”

Animal Care and Control Director Marcia Mayeda said she was moved by the loyalty displayed in video footage that has surfaced of Grace keeping watch over her motionless companion.

“When I saw the video clip taken from a passer-by’s cell phone, it made me emotional,” she said.

Grace is being housed at the Baldwin Park Animal Care Center, 4275 Elton Street.

Her impound number is A4416170, and she is available to visit with potential adopters through the weekend.

For more information, contact the Baldwin Park Animal Care Center at 626-962-3577.

LA PUENTE — Officials placed an elementary school on lockdown as a precaution Friday as they searched the area for a man who ran from deputies during a traffic stop.

The incident began shortly after 10 a.m. when a deputy pulled over a man for a traffic violation near Amar Road and Sunkist Drive, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Arthur Scott said.

“The occupant of the vehicle got out and ran, reaching for his waistband,” the lieutenant said. Fearing the man may be armed, deputies set up a search perimeter and placed nearby J.E. Van Wig Elementary School, 1151 North Van Wig Ave., on a lockdown.