Off-duty LAPD officer dies in Glendora freeway crash

An off-duty Los Angeles Police officer died in a crash early Saturday morning as he was driving home from work in Glendora.

California Highway Patrol officers responded to a vehicle accident around 2 a.m. on the eastbound 210 Freeway at Grand Avenue, where a car crashed into the back of a big rig. 

The driver of the sedan, Baldemar Sandoval with LAPD's Central Division, was pronounced dead at the scene.

"With great sadness, I share that earlier this morning a police officer on his way home from work was involved in a traffic collision on the 210 Freeway," wrote LAPD Chief Michel Moore in a Tweet. "I send my deepest condolences to his family, loved ones and friends as we mourn this tragedy."