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Police are investigating two traffic collisions allegedly caused by US Commerce Secretary John Bryson in the Los Angeles area that left him injured and unconscious, authorities said Monday. One of the crashes was under investigation as a felony hit and run, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department and the San Gabriel Police Department said. Bryson, 68, was treated at a hospital for non life-threatening injuries following the crashes around 5 pm PDT Saturday, the agencies said in a joint statement. "As far as we know he is still admitted," sheriff's deputy Tony Moore said early Monday. He declined to provide any other information, including the name of the hospital. Commerce Department officials couldn't immediately be reached for comment. Bryson was driving alone in a Lexus on a major street in San Gabriel when he allegedly struck the rear end of a vehicle occupied by three males that had been stopped for a passing train. The secretary spoke briefly with the occupants and then hit their car again as he departed, the officials said. The three followed him while calling police. "The preliminary investigation indicates the collision was caused by suspect John Bryson, who is the United States Secretary of Commerce," the statement said. Bryson then allegedly caused a second collision minutes later, also on San Gabriel Boulevard, in the nearby city of Rosemead, striking a car occupied by a man and a woman, the police agencies said. Bryson was found alone and unconscious in <b>...</b>