DATE/TIME: October 19, 2021 at 08:11 PM
INCIDENT: Hit and Run Fatal Traffic Collision
LOCATION: Ottawa Road between Navajo Road and Manhasset Road, Town of Apple Valley
SUMMARY:
On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at approximately 08:11 PM, deputies from the Apple Valley Police Department, rescue personnel from the Apple Valley Fire Department, and American Medical Response responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision.
The collision occurred on Ottawa Road, between Navajo Road and Manhasset Road in the Town of Apple Valley. Witnesses reported a white or silver two-door coupe traveled east on Ottawa Road at over 60 miles-per-hour when it struck a 14-year-old male who walked south from James Woody Park at the intersection. The vehicle fled the scene. Investigators believed the suspect vehicle to be a Nissan 350Z or an Infinity G35.
The victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T) arrived and are conducting an investigation. Ottawa Road was closed between the intersections of Navajo Road and Manhasset Road for approximately six hours while investigators processed the scene for evidence and interviewed witnesses.
Anyone with any information or anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact Deputy R. Grissom or Deputy J. Malocco at the Apple Valley Sheriff’s Station at (760) 240-7400 of 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: Deputies R. Grissom or J. Malocco
Station: Apple Valley M.A.I.T.
Phone No: (760) 240-7400
Case No. 182104740
SHANNON DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
