Pacoima Man Arrested In Fatal 210 Freeway Crash

MONROVIA, CA — A 49-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol in connection to a fatal multi-car crash on the 210 Freeway in Monrovia Wednesday afternoon that killed two people.

Humberto Gonzalez, of Pacoima, is accused of driving the car that caused a chain-reaction crash involving several vehicles to occur on the eastbound 210 Freeway near West Huntington Drive, according to a report from Pasadena Now. He is currently being held on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court Friday.

Gonzalez was driving his Chevrolet Silverado in the carpool lane around 3 p.m. when he crashed into a Lexus that had slowed down because of traffic on the freeway; the California Highway Patrol told the magazine.

The crash set off a reaction where several cars crashed into one another. The Lexus was pushed into an adjoining lane of traffic where it was struck by several other cars, Pasadena Now reported.

Both the driver and a passenger of the Lexus died as a result of their injuries from the crash.

The passenger has been identified as 95-year-old Imogene Lea Haley, of Temple City, by the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office. The identity of the driver has not been released.

It’s believed that Gonzalez was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash, according to the magazine.

Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call CHP’s Baldwin Park office at (626) 338-1164.