Coroner Press Release

• 702404582: On Thursday, July 04, 2024, at approximately 4:53 PM, a motorcyclist was riding a 2018 Triumph motorcycle, traveling southbound on State Route 18 (SR-18) south of mile marker 39.35. The motorcyclist ran off the roadway, was ejected, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:35 PM. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the incident. The name will be relased once the next of kin are notified. [07052024 1405 SC]
• 702404574: On Thursday, 07/04/2024 at 4:55 a.m., The California Highway Patrol responded to a pedestrian verses vehicle traffic collision on State Highway 210 in San Bernardino. The pedestrian, 46-year-old Gumercindo Huerta of San Bernardino, was pronounced dead at the scene. For further information, please contact the California Highway Patrol. [07052024 1405 SC]
• 702404575: On Thursday, July 4, 2024, at 3:39 AM, officers from the Ontario Police Department responded to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Etiwanda Avenue and 4th Street in Ontario. The pedestrian, 34-year-old Luis Antonio Chavez of Anaheim, was pronounced deceased at the scene at 3:41 AM. For further information please contact the Ontario Police Department. [07052024 1405 SC]
• 702404472: On June 29, 2024, at 4:14 pm the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Deputies responded to Bear Valley Road and Kiowa Road in Apple Valley for a reported traffic collision. The driver Daniel Perez, age 29, resident of Apple Valley was pronounced dead on scene at 4:09 pm. For additional information please contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Apple Valley Station. [07052024 1405 SC]
• 702404478: On Saturday, June 29, 2024, at approximately 7:30 PM, officers with Colton Police Department (CPD) responded to Reche Canyon Rd., South of Washington St. in Colton. A motorcycle driver, 45 year-old Robert Montanez, from San Bernardino, was pronounced dead at the scene. For additional information please contact CPD. [07052024 1405 SC]
• 702404461: On Saturday, June 29, 2024, at 8:44 AM, officers with California Highway Patrol, San Bernardino Station responded to eastbound State Highway 210 Freeway, west of Del Rosa Avenue in the city of San Bernardino for a motorcycle traffic collision. The motorcyclist, Jeremy Matthew Zabala, age 36, a resident of Temecula, was pronounced deceased on scene. For additional information contact California Highway Patrol – San Bernardino. [07052024 1405 SC]
• 702404340: On Monday, June 24, 2024, at 4:03 PM, Deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single vehicle collision in the 11000 block of E Avenue in Hesperia. The driver, 54-year-old Gerardo Antonio Cruz of Los Angeles, was pronounced deceased at the scene at 4:14 PM. For further details please contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. [07022024 1115 SC]
• 702404433, 702404434, 702404435, and 702404436: On Friday, June 6, 2024, at 1:53 AM , a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed was involved in a collision at the intersection of North Mountain Avenue and 16th Street in the city of Upland. The five male occupants in the vehicle were ejected. Paramedics transported one of the male occupants from the scene to a local area hospital. Four of the five occupants were pronounced dead at the scene: Case 702404433 has been identified as 16-year-old, Jesus Guillen Jr. of Fontana. Case 702404434 has been identified as 17-year-old, Michael Gomez of Pomona. Case 702404435 has been identified as 18-year-old, Augustine Jara of Fontana. Case 702404436 has been identified as 16-year-old, Joel Silva of Fontana. For additional information, please contact the Upland Police Department. [07022024 1115 SC]
• 702404305: On June 21, 2024, at approximately 11:32 pm, officers with the Colton Police Department were involved in a law enforcement attempt to stop Julio Reyes, a 19-year-old resident of Colton, riding a motorcycle. Reyes was entering Interstate 10 westbound via the Riverside Ave. on-ramp, in Rialto, when he collided with a Jeep. Reyes was transported to the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center for medical treatment. On June 22, 2024, Reyes was pronounced dead. The California Highway Patrol investigated the collision. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404402: On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 11:10 pm., officers with the Ontario Police Department responded to a single-vehicle collision north of the intersection of S. Mountain Avenue and W. Philadelphia Street in Ontario. The driver, 32-year-old Carlos Francisco Campos of Los Angeles, was transported to Chino Valley Medical Center and pronounced deceased at 11:45 pm. Please contact the Ontario Police Department for further information. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404400/702404401: On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 10:54 PM, Fontana Police officers responded to a traffic collision involving a motorcyclist and a sedan at the intersection of Sierra Avenue and Valley Blvd. The motorcyclist, Ronald Clayton Steele a 46-year-old male resident of Rancho Cucamonga, was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:07 PM. The sedan driver, Richard Malabuyoc Flora a 39-year-old male resident of San Bernardino, was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:02 PM. For additional information contact the Fontana Police Department. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404261: On Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 6:22 pm, officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to a head on collision of a sedan and a motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle, 42-year-old Kristina Kinsey of Apple Valley was pronounced deceased at the scene. For additional information please contact the California Highway Patrol. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404323: On Sunday, June 23, 2024, at approximately 6:55 pm, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) responded to the desert area just east of Phantom East/Shay Road, reference a single vehicle off highway vehicle (OHV) roll-over. The passenger, Cynthia Lynn Lorntzen, 26-years-old, and resident of Riverside, was pronounced deceased Sunday, June 23, 2024, at 7:26 pm. For additional information contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (Victorville Station). [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404340: On Monday, June 24, 2024, at 4:03 PM, Deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single vehicle collision in the 11000 block of E Avenue in Hesperia. The driver, 54-year-old Gerardo Antonio Cruz of Los Angeles, was pronounced deceased at the scene at 4:14 PM. For further details please contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404279/702404280: On Saturday, June 22, 2024, at approximately 12:22 am, Ivan Herrera-Cervantes (driver), a 21-year-old resident of Ontario, and Charlie Rivera-Zavala (right rear passenger), 20-year-old resident of Ontario, were traveling southbound on Grove Ave. south of Sixth St., in Ontario. The Honda collided with the rear of a parked full-size Chevrolet Tahoe SUV. Paramedics pronounced Herrera-Cervantes, and Rivera-Zavala dead at the scene. The Ontario Police Department is investigating the incident. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404303: On Sunday, June 23, 2024, at approximately 12:22 AM, officers with Montclair Police Department (MPD) responded to Mission Blvd. east of Roswell Ave. in Montclair. A moped driver, Douglas Ray Thomas a 62 year-old resident of Oakboro, NC, was pronounced dead at the scene. For additional information please contact MPD. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404307: At 5:54 AM on 06/23/2024, the California Highway Patrol responded to US95N at mile marker 71 for a traffic collision. The driver, Rayleen Hurtado, a 37-year-old resident of Palmdale, was pronounced dead at the scene. For further information, please contact the Needles office of the California Highway Patrol. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404257: On Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at 3:05pm, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 19000 block of Yucca Street in Hesperia. The Driver, Alex Cardenas, age 44, resident of Hesperia, was pronounced dead at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 1:04pm. For additional information please contact San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404261: On Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 06:22 pm, officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to a head on collision of a sedan and a motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle, 42-year-old Kristina Kinsey of Apple Valley was pronounced deceased at the scene. For additional information please contact the California Highway Patrol. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404234: On Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at 3:05pm, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 19000 block of Yucca Street in Hesperia. The passenger, Frank Cardenas, age 46, resident of Hesperia, was pronounced dead on scene on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at 3:36pm. For additional information please contact San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. [06282024 1110 SC]
• 702404215: On Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at 03:00 pm, officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to an unresponsive driver in a Can-Am on Sunflower Drive at Indio Avenue in Yucca Valley. The driver, 30-year-old Aaron Erichson of Yucca Valley was pronounced deceased at the scene. For additional information please contact the California Highway Patrol. [06282024 1110 SC]
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