Three Monrovia teenagers were injured in a wrong-way driver collision in the 1900 block of Santa Anita Avenue on the evening of July 4th.
The teens were reportedly struck in the head-on accident at approximately 10:17 p.m. by Adam Gallegos, 48, of Fullerton, according to a report from the Sierra Madre Police Department.
Gallegos was found pinned behind the wheel in the driver's seat in his overturned car, and it took 40 minutes for paramedics to extract him, the report said.
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The other car had sustained front-end damage.
Gallegos was transported to Huntington Memorial Hospital. The teenagers who were in the vehicle struck by Gallegos were transported to Arcadia Methodist Hospital with minor to moderate injuries.
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According to the report, Gallegos was driving up Santa Anita Avenue towards Chantry Flats, when for some unknown reason, he turned around and started traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of traffic.
Gallegos’s vehicle struck the teenagers vehicle then overturned and slid several hundred feet before coming to rest on its side, the report said.
“... this tragic event is still under investigation and it is too early to tell if alcohol or drugs were a factor in this collision," Police Chief Larry Giannone said in the report.
This collision remains under investigation and anyone with any information should contact Sierra Madre Police Department at 626.355.1414.
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