DATE/TIME: August 20, 2022 at 1:58 a.m.
INCIDENT: Fatal Traffic Collision
LOCATION: Arrow Route and Haven Avenue
SUSPECT(S): Gerald Willis, 49-year-old male from Rancho Cucamonga, CA
VICTIM(S): Deceased Bicyclist - name withheld pending notification of next of kin
SUMMARY: On Saturday, August 20, 2022, at approximately 1:58 a.m., deputies from the Rancho Cucamonga Station responded to the area of Haven Avenue and Arrow Route for a report of a collision involving a vehicle and bicyclist. Deputies and medical personnel arrived and located the bicyclist, who had succumbed to his injuries.
The bicyclist was riding on the shoulder of the #2 westbound lane of Arrow Route toward Haven Avenue with his juvenile son and ten other bicyclists. Gerald Willis drove in the same direction and struck the bicyclist from behind. Willis was found to be driving under the influence and was booked into the West Valley Detention Center for PC 191.5(a) Gross Vehicular Manslaughter.
The Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff Station's Major Accident Investigation Team responded and assumed the investigation.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or has any additional information is urged to contact the investigators below. If you choose to remain anonymous, call WE-Tip at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or go to www.wetip.com
Refer: Deputies D. Rusk or M. McDonald
Station: Rancho Cucamonga
Phone No. (909) 477-2800
Case No. 112209737
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
