47-year-old man on motorized scooter killed Saturday night in Victorville crash
Victorville Daily Press
A man driving a motorized scooter died Saturday night after he was hit by another vehicle on a Victorville roadway, but authorities said they determined he caused the collision.
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Cindy Bachman said the man killed was 47-year-old. The coroner’s office has not released his identity.
Sheriff’s officials said deputies responded to the crash on Hook Boulevard near Indian Wells Drive at approximately 7:38 p.m. Saturday.
At the scene, deputies learned a silver Honda Accord that had been heading west on Hook Boulevard collided with the westbound scooter that was originally in the center turning lane.
Barstow man struck by vehicle, killed on Yermo Road
Victorville Daily Press
A 58-year-old Barstow man was killed after he was struck by a vehicle on Yermo Road on Monday night, authorities said.
The man’s identity has not been released by the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner office as of Tuesday afternoon.
California Highway Patrol officers responded to the collision on Yermo Road, north of Fort Irwin Road at approximately 6 p.m. Monday.
CHP officials said the man was standing in the northbound lane of Yermo Road and was struck by a 2005 Toyota. For reasons still under investigation, the driver of the Toyota, was unable to observe the pedestrian in the roadway and subsequently struck him, CHP officials said in a statement.
Suspects arrested in connection to Apple Valley man s 2018 murder
Victorville Daily Press
Authorities have arrested two men wanted for the murder of 22-year-old Curtis Smith, who was shot to death during a robbery in Apple Valley in 2018.
Booking records show Alexander Simmons, 27, and Treavion Jamar Early, 20, were picked up by local authorities at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on Dec. 17. Simmons appeared in a Victorville courtroom for a video arraignment on Dec. 18, and pleaded not guilty to seven felony counts, including murder, first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary.
Simmons had a public defender appointed and his bail was set at $1.85 million, court records show. He is due back in court Dec. 29.
Victorville Daily Press
A 39-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a pair of Honda Civics in Barsto Tuesday night, authorities said.
The man’s identity had not been released by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Coroner’s Division as of Friday morning. Barstow Police Department spokesperson Capt. Andy Espinoza Jr. said the man was a Barstow resident.
Police officers responded to the crash at West Main Street and Highway 58 at 7:40 p.m.
According to Espinoza, the man who died exited Highway 58 and was making a left turn onto West Main Street. He “accelerated through a yellow light which turned red before entering the intersection,” according to Espinoza.
Camargo says goodbye to Adelanto politics during emotional City Council meeting
After 12 years on the dais, councilman s run ends in emotional meeting
Victorville Daily Press
On an emotional night, a 12-year policymaker wanted one more opportunity to vote no during an Adelanto City Council meeting.
When asked to cast his vote during Wednesday s special meeting to pass a resolution approving the results of November’s election, outgoing Councilman Ed Camargo cracked a joke.
“I want to say no one more time, but I won t,” Camargo said.
Camargo, and the rest of the City Council on the teleconference call, instead voted to pass the motion 4-0, with Mayor Pro Tem Gerardo Hernandez absent.