Baldwin Park Accident Seriously Injures One Man

By City News Service

A 59-year-old man suffered serious injuries Saturday in a three-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in Baldwin Park, authorities said.

Blanco Gabriel Parra of Arcadia was not breathing and had no pulse when officers pulled him from the 1978 Chevrolet El Camino he was driving at the time of the crash, which happened about 3:25 p.m. on the westbound side of the freeway just east of the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Officers performed CPR on Parra, who suffered blunt force trauma to his chest and cuts to his face and right leg, until Los Angeles County firefighters arrived and took him to a hospital, according to the CHP. An update on Parra's condition was not available tonight.

A 30-year-old Los Angeles man who was at the wheel of a 2000 Chevrolet Astro van suffered a contusion to his forehead and a cut to his right eyelid, but his injuries were listed as minor, the CHP reported.

A 22-year-old Baldwin Park man, who was driving a 2001 Honda Civic, and his passenger, a 20-year-old man from West Covina, were not injured, according to the CHP.

All three vehicles were traveling one behind the other with the Civic in the lead and the El Camino in the rear when traffic came to a halt. The Civic stopped and was rear-ended by the Astro and the El Camino then skidded into the van and also struck the Civic, the CHP reported.