Last Updated on June 2, 2020 by CCAR Staff
The driver of a Chevy Tahoe involved in a fatal collision — with a vehicle that ran a stop sign — may have been drunk at the time, San Bernardino police said in announcing his arrest Monday, June 1.
A Honda Accord traveled into the path of the SUV driven by Toniyo Atkinson, 42, of San Bernardino, at the intersection of Lynwood and Mountain Avenues, San Bernardino Police Department officials said in a news release.
The other motorist involved, a 37-year-old San Bernardino resident driving the Accord, was broadsided at about 2:14 a.m. Monday, and died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. That person’s identity was withheld, pending the notification of their relatives.
Speed and alcohol were factors in the collision, police said. Atkinson was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, inmate records show. He was held at the West Valley Detention Center in lieu of $100,000 bail as of Monday evening.
Authorities asked anyone with information regarding the crash to contact either Detective Dan Acosta or Sgt. Jeff Harvey at 909-384-5792.
