Full Notification

DATE/TIME: February 6, 2022 at 11:06 p.m.

INCIDENT: Fatal Traffic Collision

LOCATION: Village Drive and Clovis Street, Victorville

SUSPECT(S): Lacey Cecenthia Vickers, 30 year old female resident of Barstow

VICTIM(S): 55 year old male resident of Victorville


SUMMARY: On Sunday, February 6, 2022, at approximately 11:06 p.m., deputies responded to an unknown injury traffic collision in the area of  Village Drive at Clovis Street, Victorville. Deputies arrived at the scene within three minutes of the call. Deputies observed a Jeep SUV and Cadillac sedan with major collision damage. The Jeep was engulfed in flames. A deputy sheriff deployed a fire extinguisher on the flames, shattered the drivers' side window, and pulled the driver, Lacey Vickers, from the driver's seat. 

Emergency personnel from the Victorville Fire Department and American Medical Response arrived and assisted with the collision scene. The driver of the Cadillac sedan was pronounced deceased. Deputies with the Victorville Police Department's Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T) responded and assumed the investigation.

Investigators learned the victim was traveling south on Village Drive and Vickers was traveling north on Village Drive. For reasons still under investigation, both vehicles crashed head on in the center lane of Village Drive, just south of Clovis Street. Vickers sustained minor injuries as a result of the crash and is currently being treated at a trauma center. Vickers was arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and suspicion of driving under the influence, causing death. Vickers will be booked at the West Valley Detention Center once she is released from the trauma center. Investigators also learned Vickers has numerous prior DUI arrests.

 All northbound and southbound lanes of Village Drive between Llanada Avenue and Clovis Street remained closed for several hours while deputies conducted their investigation. The investigation is still ongoing. Information regarding the identity of the deceased will remain confidential pending next of kin notification.

 Anyone with information regarding this collision or anyone who may have been a witness is asked to contact Deputy C. Bennington or Deputy S. La Rocco at the Victorville Police Department, (760) 241-2911.

Refer: Deputy C. Bennington or Deputy S. Larocco

Station: Victorville City Station

Phone No. (760) 241-2911

Case No. 172201431

SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department