Commerce head Bryson cited for hit-and-run U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson in Washington April 12, 2012. SAN GABRIEL, Calif., June 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson was cited for felony hit-and-run after causing separate accidents involving two cars in Southern California, police said. Bryson was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Law enforcement officials said Bryson was driving a Lexus in San Gabriel Saturday when his vehicle allegedly rear-ended a Buick as it was waiting for a train to pass, spoke to the Buick's occupants before he left the scene, then struck it a second time. The passengers of the vehicle followed Bryson's car and called emergency services. A San Gabriel Police Department statement said Bryson then drove to the nearby city of Rosemead where his vehicle struck a car with two occupants. Two of the three passengers in the Buick were treated for minor injuries, officials said. The commerce chief was found "alone and unconscious behind the wheel of his vehicle," the statement said. He was treated by paramedics and transported to an area hospital, police said. His condition was unknown. The investigation is in its preliminary stages. At this point in time, there is no indication that alcohol or drugs played a role in the collisions," the police statement said. Bryson, 68, a former chairman of Edison International, was appointed commerce secretary in October 2011.