Last Updated on July 13, 2022 by CCAR Staff
An Apple Valley man accused of committing a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed two children in the Mojave Desert turned himself in to law enforcement on Tuesday, July 12, the California Highway Patrol said.
Edgar Ivan Galindo Diaz, 35, turned himself into authorities in Victorville, the CHP said in a news release. The CHP was working with the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office to submit charges against Diaz, authorities said.
The registered owner of the 2021 Polaris RZR believed to be involved in the July 2 incident was also arrested, the CHP said in a news release. The owner’s identity was not immediately available.
Diaz was believed to be responsible for the fatal crash that killed 12-year-old Jacob Victor Martinez of Moreno Valley and 11-year-old Christina Bird of Huntington Beach in the Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area north of Victorville.
On July 2, the children were driving an ATV east on Stoddard Wells Road, east of Central Road when they were struck by the Polaris. The operator of the Polaris then fled the scene.
CHP officers were able to locate and recover the Polaris Diaz’s home in Apple Valley on the evening of Thursday July 7, the CHP said. An arrest warrant was then issued for Diaz, the CHP said.
