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23 Year Old Unlicensed Driver Arrested in Hit and Run TC in Monrovia 12 Year old Girl in Critical Condition
Monrovia Weekly Jan 28, 2012
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23 Year Old Unlicensed Driver Arrested in Hit and Run TC in Monrovia
12 Year old Girl in Critical Condition
On Friday, January 27, 2012, at 3:51 p.m., the Monrovia Police Department received a call of an injury traffic collision at Huntington Drive and Canyon Blvd Officers determined an eleven-year-old female had attempted to cross the road and had been struck by a passing car. The child was injured and is now hospitalized. Investigators are still gathering evidence at this time. Witnesses observed a pearl white Infinity, possibly a 2004, j30 model or a similar vehicle, strike the child. The driver fled without stopping at the scene, continuing west on Huntington, south on Myrtle and then West on the 210 Foothill Freeway.
After leaving the scene of the accident on Huntington Drive Friday afternoon, police tracked down and arrested Emma Tapia-Gonzalez, 23, of Monrovia on suspicion of hit-and-run, She does not have a driver’s license.
The girl – Bernice De La Torre- was crossing south across Huntington Drive at Canyon Boulevard shortly before 4 p.m. Friday with a group of about four other elementary school-age siblings and friends when she was struck by a westbound 1995 Infinity J30. Tapia-Gonzales fled the scene
The Clifton student was airlifted to Huntington Hospital’s trauma unit. But conflicting reports said the child was taken to Childrens’ Hospital in LA
Tapia-Gonzalez does not have a CDL.
Tapia-Gonzalez was arrested her just before 8 p.m in Duarte, although she lives in Monrovia.
Tapia-Gonzalez was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail pending her initial appearance in Pasadena Superior Court.
Anyone with information about this collision please call the Watch Commander at the Monrovia Police Department. 626-256-8000
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