SYLMAR, Calif. — A Los Angeles police officer who was struck in a hit-and-run crash while investigating a traffic collision in Sylmar remains hospitalized in stable condition, authorities said Saturday.
A Los Angeles police officer struck by a vehicle while investigating a traffic collision in Sylmar remains in stable condition, authorities said on Saturday. The suspect, who fled the scene, was later found at a home in Pacoima and is hospitalized with a possible brain injury.
SYLMAR, Calif. — A Los Angeles police officer who was struck in a hit-and-run crash while investigating a traffic collision in Sylmar remains hospitalized in stable condition, authorities said Saturday.
The officer, who was not identified, suffered a broken leg and head injuries and is recovering at Providence Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills.
Police said the officer was hit around 7:45 p.m. Friday while conducting a traffic collision investigation involving an earlier multi-vehicle crash in the 13500 block of Foothill Boulevard in Sylmar. Officers responded to a call regarding an officer down at the scene.
Video from the scene showed good Samaritans rushing to assist the officer as he lay in the middle of the street.
"This is beyond crazy, there is a massive response because it's someone with a badge, who was struck," witness Erik Vanlier told Eyewitness News.
According to police, the driver who struck the officer fled the scene. Investigators later located a vehicle abandoned along the Pacoima Wash. As the injured officer was transported to the hospital, investigators traced the suspected driver to a home on Sutter Avenue in Pacoima, about three miles from where the officer was struck.
Officers took one person into custody. The individual had blood running down his head and was seen with hands behind his back while standing near a police vehicle. He was transported by ambulance and later taken to the hospital with a possible brain injury.
The suspect's wife told Eyewitness News that her husband's mother recently died of cancer and that he was on his way to a viewing when the incident occurred.
"He was not doing too great, his head was bandaged and they transported him from a basic life-support ambulance to an advanced life-support ambulance, which obviously isn't a good thing," Vanlier said.
The investigation remains ongoing, according to the LAPD.
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