VICTORVILLE, Calif. (VVNG.com) — A Barstow girl with quite a few prior DUI arrests was arrested for Gross Vehicular Manslaughter whereas Intoxicated after a fiery head-on crash that claimed the lifetime of a 55-year-old Victorville man.
It occurred at about 11:06 pm, on Sunday, February 6, 2022, on Village Drive close to Clovis Avenue and concerned a Jeep SUV and a Cadillac sedan.
Deputies from the Victorville Police Division arrived on scene inside 3-minutes of being dispatched and located the Jeep absolutely engulfed in flames.
In keeping with a sheriff’s information launch, a deputy sheriff deployed a hearth extinguisher on the flames, shattered the drivers’ aspect window, and pulled the motive force, recognized as 30-year-old Lacey Cecenthia Vickers, from the motive force’s seat.
The unidentified male driver of the Cadillac sedan was pronounced deceased on the scene. Vickers sustained minor accidents and is presently being handled at a trauma middle, officers stated.
Deputies with the Victorville Police Division’s Main Accident Investigation Staff (M.A.I.T) responded and assumed the investigation.
Investigators discovered the sufferer was touring south on Village Drive and Vickers was touring north on Village Drive. For causes nonetheless underneath investigation, each autos crashed head on within the middle lane of Village Drive, simply south of Clovis Avenue.
Vickers was arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter whereas intoxicated and suspicion of driving underneath the affect, inflicting demise.
“Vickers will likely be booked on the West Valley Detention Heart as soon as she is launched from the trauma middle. Investigators additionally discovered Vickers has quite a few prior DUI arrests,” said a sheriff’s information launch.
All northbound and southbound lanes of Village Drive between Llanada Avenue and Clovis Avenue remained closed for a number of hours whereas deputies performed their investigation.
Data relating to the id of the deceased will stay confidential pending subsequent of kin notification, officers stated.
The investigation is ongoing and anybody with info or anybody who might have been a witness is requested to contact Deputy C. Bennington or Deputy S. La Rocco on the Victorville Police Division, (760) 241-2911.
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