Last Updated on May 24, 2018 by CCAR Staff
One sheriff’s deputy was released from the hospital and two others are still recovering Thursday after an unlicensed driver crashed into them Wednesday afternoon outside an elementary school, San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said.
“The deputy was treated and released last night,” said Jodi Miller, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s department. “The sergeant and (District Attorney’s Office) investigator remain in the hospital and are recovering well.”
The three officers were on standing on the side of the road near Rogers Lane south of 11th Street investigating a report of a shooting when a Nissan Sentra veered from one lane and struck a parked patrol car, officials said. The Sentra flipped, struck another patrol car and then hit the trio of officers.
The driver, Hugo Pineda Jr., 20, of Highland, was not injured. He was questioned but not arrested or cited at the time although authorities did say he was unlicensed.
No arrests were made in the shooting investigation and nearby Warm Springs Elementary was temporarily placed on lockdown.
The crash is still under investigation.
