DATE/TIME: May 15, 2026, at 9:04 p.m.,
INCIDENT: Fatal Crash Involving a Pedestrian
LOCATION: Central Road / Ottawa Road, Apple Valley
PEDESTRIAN: 29-year-old Female, (pending next of kin notification)
INVOLVED VEHICLE: Gray Lexus IS250
SUMMARY: On Friday, May 15, 2026, at approximately 9:04 p.m., deputies from Apple Valley Sheriff’s Station, and rescue personnel from Apple Valley Fire Protection District and American Medical Response (AMR), responded to a vehicle that had collided with a pedestrian on Central Road near Ottawa Road, in the town of Apple Valley.
During the investigation, deputies determined a gray Lexus IS250 that was traveling northbound on Central Road approaching Ottawa Road struck a pedestrian who was standing in the northbound lane of Central Road at the intersection with Ottawa Road.
The pedestrian suffered major injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene by medical personnel. The driver of the Lexus was uninjured and remained at the scene to cooperate with the investigation.
An investigator from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Major Accident Investigative Team (M.A.I.T.) arrived and is conducting the investigation. The north and southbound lanes of Central Road were closed between the intersections of Ottawa Road and Powhatan Road for approximately three hours while deputies processed the scene for evidence and interviewed witnesses.
Anyone with any information or who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact Deputy T. Arlotti 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 you may leave the information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Deputy T. Arlotti
Station: Apple Valley M.A.I.T.
Phone No: (760) 240-7400
Case No. 182602848
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
