CHP: July 2008 Archives

This from City News Service:

GARDEN GROVE -- A man suspected in a fatal hit-and-run collision in that killed a Diamond Bar resident was arrested over the weekend on suspicion drunken driving and other crimes, the California Highway Patrol said.
Eduardo Aguilera Orozco, 25, of Anaheim, was allegedly driving a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu east on the 22 Freeway in Garden Grove about 2:50 a.m. Saturday when he rear-ended a 2004 Toyota Sequoia near Harbor Boulevard, causing the SUV to roll several times, a CHP dispatcher said.
Mukhtar Bagum, 64, of Diamond Bar, who was in the SUV, died at the scene, said Larry Esslinger of the coroner's office.
A 1-year-old girl, 12-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy in the Sequoia suffered minor injuries, the CHP dispatcher said.
Bagum's 28-year-old son, who had been driving the SUV, and two other passengers were unhurt.
Orozco, who had minor injuries, allegedly fled on foot, the dispatcher said.
The dispatcher said Orozco was arrested about 1:50 p.m. Saturday and booked on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, hit and run and drunken driving -- all felonies.

Jennifer McLain shot this picture at lunchtime near the intersection of Arrow Highway and Enid street in Covina/Azusa.

Apparently a car blew through the intersection about 12:30 p.m. and caused a three car accident that sent three people to the hospital with minor injuries.

We're halfway through hands-free Tuesday and cell phone users ignoring the new law are apparently plentiful.

I know I saw at least two people talking on the phone this a.m. on my way in. Both had something in common: both were women and both were driving slow and I was stuck behind 'em.

We've had reporters and photogs out in the field doing ride-alongs and they've seen some interesting stuff today.

KFI reporter Shannon Farren said she spotted nine people using their cell phones westbound on the 10 between downton and the 405 this morning. One was using the phone and smoking.

*As for now, I'm suffering through an extreme case of nomophobia.

Here's the photo caption:

Here's California Highway Patrol officer Joe Zizi from the Santa Fe Springs CHP office gives a citation to a female on Rose Hills Road in Whittier for Hands-Free Cell Phone violation on July 1, 2008.  Today is the first day the law goes into effect.  The La Habra woman, who did not want to give her name, said she had been working too long and forgot about the new law. (Raul Roa)