San Bernardino County Coroner's Office Releases New Death Identifications: Six of Eight Died in Traffic Collisions
The Coroner's Division of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in California released a new batch of death identifications on October 20 covering eight people. Five were publicly named, while three names were withheld pending family notification or identification. Six of the eight died in traffic collisions. The incidents occurred between October 3 and October 16 in cities across the county.
Those identified were Jess Gonzales III, 42, of San Bernardino, found dead on October 10 at midday in the 1800 block of Ash Street in San Bernardino; Mary Lou Wear, 86, of Apple Valley, struck by a vehicle on the evening of October 9 near Dale Evans Parkway and Waalew Road in Apple Valley; James Whitmore, 76, of Joshua Tree, struck while walking on October 9 at Twentynine Palms Highway and White Feather Road in Joshua Tree; Josue Chavez Salas, 32, of Apple Valley, killed in a solo crash in the early hours of October 9 on Hesperia Road near Nisqualli Road in Victorville; and Mark Robinson Smith, 53, of Joshua Tree, struck by a vehicle in the early hours of October 6 near Center Avenue and Rice Avenue in Twentynine Palms.
Those not yet named were a 71-year-old homeless woman found dead on October 3 in the 250 block of N. Sierra Way in San Bernardino, her name withheld pending family notification; an 81-year-old female pedestrian killed in a collision on the morning of October 16 in the 16000 block of Slover Avenue in Fontana, her name withheld pending identification; and a 63-year-old man struck by a vehicle on the morning of October 6 in the 100 block of S. Mountain Avenue in Upland, his name withheld pending family notification.
The cases are being investigated by local police departments, the Sheriff's Department, or the California Highway Patrol, depending on jurisdiction. The Coroner's Division press line is (909) 387-2978.
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