By Mary O’KEEFE

Glendale police continue its investigation of a hit and run accident that occurred on Foothill Boulevard just east of Lowell Avenue early on the morning of Dec. 20.

“We got a call from someone who heard the crash,” said Sgt. Dan Suttles, GPD spokesman.

Glendale police received the call about 4 a.m. When they arrived they found a silver Toyota sedan had hit and broke the Welcome to Glendale sign that was in the middle lane of Foothill Boulevard near Lowell Avenue. There was no one at the scene; the driver had fled the area.

Tahnee Lightfoot of the Glendale Police Dept. said that the driver of the vehicle, a Los Angeles man, was later identified and interviewed by Glendale police. Based on the GPD investigation, this was not an intentional act.

The vehicle had not been reported stolen at the time of the accident. The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact GPD at (818) 548-4911.

The two Welcome to Glendale signs – both erected on Foothill Boulevard at the east and west borders of north Glendale – sparked controversy from local residents, both in the north Glendale portion of the area and those who live in the unincorporated county portion of La Crescenta. Comments by opponents to the signs cited their exclusionary nature and that they do not take into consideration those who don’t identify with Glendale. Two petitions were circulated since the design approval requesting city officials to halt or change the signs to recognize the La Crescenta community. The petitions have gathered an estimated 1,500 signatures.

North Glendale was annexed in 1951.

  Mary Okeefe