Full Notification

DATE/TIME: May 24, 2021/ 11:01 p.m.
 
INCIDENT: Fatal Traffic Collision
 
LOCATION: Seventh Street/ Victor Street
 
VICTIM(S): Gerald Eli Coillot, a 66-year-old resident of Victorville
 
 
SUMMARY:  On Monday, May 24, 2021, at approximately 11:01 p.m., deputies from the Victorville Police Department and rescue personnel from the Victorville Fire Department and American Medical Response responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision in the area of Seventh Street and Victor Street.
 
Upon arrival, deputies located a male subject lying on Seventh Street, suffering from major injuries. Despite life-saving measures, the pedestrian succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Victorville Police Department's Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) responded to the scene and assumed the investigation. The pedestrian was positively identified as Gerald Eli Coillot. Through investigation, deputies learned Coillot was standing in the roadway when he was struck by a vehicle that was traveling south on Seventh Street. The driver of that vehicle remained on the scene and was cooperative with the investigation.
 
Seventh Street, between Victor Street and Desert Knolls Street, was closed for several hours during the investigation and reopened around 03:30 a.m. The cause of the collision is still under investigation.
 
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Deputy C. Bennington at the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911 or Sheriff's Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave the information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
 
 
 
Refer:                     Deputy C. Bennington
 
Station:                  Victorville Police Department
 
Phone No.             (760) 241-2911
 
Case No.                172104944
 
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department