The Press Enterprise
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A County sheriff’s deputy, driving in his patrol car en route to a call, struck and killed a pedestrian Sunday night, Nov. 4, in Bloomington, south of Fontana.
The deputy was heading south at an unknown speed on Cedar Avenue, just south of Santa Ana Avenue, at 9:15 p.m. while responding to a call, California Highway Patrol Officer Leon Lopez said in a written statement.
Coroner’s officials said a 54-year-old man was crossing Cedar Avenue outside of a crosswalk and was in the far left lane of the road when he stepped in front of the patrol car.
The force of the crash dented the front of the patrol car and threw the man forward. Paramedics declared him dead at the scene.
The sheriff’s deputy was seriously injured during the crash and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
Neither the sheriff’s deputy nor the pedestrian have been identified.
An autopsy was scheduled for Monday.
The CHP is investigating.
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