USC professor hospitalized following car crash Thursday

Dr. Michael Fong, an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, remains in the hospital following a car accident involving a West Hollywood Sheriff’s patrol car on Thursday.

According to NBC4 News, Fong was in critical condition on Friday but his family reported he was doing OK on Saturday.

The crash, which was reported at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, left one dead and three injured, including Fong.

Two sheriff’s deputies were responding to a domestic violence call when their car struck another vehicle near the intersection of Santa Monica and San Vicente boulevards and spun onto the sidewalk, hitting two pedestrians. All four men were transported to local hospitals.

The other pedestrian was identified as Jonathan Peña, a 27-year-old man from Los Angeles, according to NBC4 News. Peña later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. The two deputies remained hospitalized as of Saturday.