Last Updated on October 20, 2020 by CCAR Staff
A man arrested in a crash in San Bernardino that left a 25-year-old man dead and sent a woman and two young children to a hospital Friday, Oct. 16, may have been racing another vehicle before the collision, police said Monday.
Luis Angel Gonzales, 21, of San Bernardino, was arrested at Loma Linda University Medical Center a day after the crash and remained in custody Monday, according to inmate records.
He was booked on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and held in lieu of $250,000 bail.
Investigators believe Gonzales may have been involved in a street race while speeding westbound in a black Scion FR-S on Highland Avenue, San Bernardino Police said in a news release. He allegedly moved into eastbound lanes, where police said he collided head-on with a Nissan Sentra near Macy Street and one other vehicle at about 4:02 p.m. Friday.
Alexander Barrientos, 25, was a passenger in the Sentra who suffered serious injuries in the crash and died at the scene, police said. The driver, a 26-year-old woman, as well as 5-year-old child and 1-year-old baby, were also hurt and taken to a hospital, but were expected to survive.
All of the Nissan’s occupants were San Bernardino residents. Further information regarding the crash was not immediately released.
Authorities asked anyone with information regarding the collision to contact either Detective Dan Acosta or Sgt. Jeff Harvey at 909-384-5792.
