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DATE/TIME: November 4, 2024, at about 3:52 PM

INCIDENT:  Motorcycle vs Sedan Fatal Traffic Crash

LOCATION: Bear Valley Road and Iroquois Road, Apple Valley, CA

DRIVER 1: David Richard Rolph, 30-year-old male, resident of Apple Valley
VEHICLE 1: Black Hyundai Genesis

DRIVER 2: 23-year-old male, resident of Hesperia
VEHICLE 2: Black Harley Davidson Road King 


 SUMMARY: 

On Monday, November 4, 2024, at approximately 3:52 PM, deputies from the Apple Valley Sheriff’s Station and rescue personnel from the Apple Valley Fire Protection District responded to a motorcycle versus sedan traffic crash that occurred on Bear Valley Road at the intersection with Iroquois Road, in the Town of Apple Valley.

Through investigation, deputies determined a black Harley Davidson was traveling in the westbound number one lane of Bear Valley Road at the intersection with Iroquois Road. A black Hyundai Genesis was traveling eastbound on Bear Valley Road in the left-turn lane at the intersection with Iroquois Road. The driver of the Hyundai, David Rolph, made an unsafe left-turn in front of the motorcyclist. The motorcyclist broadsided the passenger side of the Hyundai. Rolph fled the scene in the Hyundai and then fled on foot. Medical personnel performed life saving measures, but the motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Rolph was later apprehended by deputies and was subsequently arrested for violations of California Vehicle Code (C.V.C.) 20001(a) - Hit and Run, C.V.C. 23153(a) - DUI Causing Bodily Injury, C.V.C. 23153(b) - DUI, Penal Code (P.C.) 192(c)(1) Vehicular Manslaughter, and P.C. 273a(a) - Child Abuse.   
   
Investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Major Accident Investigative Team (M.A.I.T) arrived and are conducting an investigation. Bear Valley Road was closed down between the intersections of Snapping Turtle Road and Itoya Vista Road for approximately five hours while deputies processed the scene for evidence and looked for video surveillance and potential witnesses. 

Anyone with any information or anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to contact Deputy S. Esparza or Deputy G. Dominguez at the Apple Valley Sheriff’s Station at (760) 240-7400 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 leave the information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.





Refer: Deputy S. Esparza/Deputy G. Dominguez 

Station: Apple Valley M.A.I.T.

Phone No: (760) 240-7400

Case No. 182405572

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