Monica Duboise, 35, killed in pedestrian collision with sheriff's deputy at Main Street and Fifth Avenue in Hesperia, California

Modified Date: 
Tue, 12/29/2015 - 12:46pm
Accident Date: 
Saturday, December 26, 2015

Sheriff's Deputy Responding to Unrelated Call Fatally Strikes Pedestrian in Hesperia

They also added that east and west bound traffic on Main Street does not stop for cross traffic at the intersection. A pedestrian was killed after being struck by an unmarked emergency vehicle driven by a sheriff's deputy responding to a burglary in progress on Saturday in Hesperia, officials said. Main Street was shut down from First Avenue to Seventh Avenue for about seven hours. The victim, identified by police as Monica Duboise of Hesperia, died at the scene. Police said Snyder stopped his vehicle immediately and Snyder and Garcia began to render aid to Duboise.

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His partner, Probation Officer Monique Garcia, was also in the vehicle at the time, the Sheriff’s Department stated in a news release. A woman who was killed the day after Christmas when she was struck by an unmarked emergency vehicle in Hesperia was a wife and mother to eight children, according to a sibling’s fundraising page. At the time of the crash, the unmarked vehicle did not have emergency lights or sirens on, Bracco said. The vehicle had the capability of having these turned on, but Bracco said that is not common practice for non-injury related calls. Monica Duboise was crossing a street near Main Street and Fifth Avenue when San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies crashed into her Saturday around 5:40 p.m., according to a Hesperia Police Department news release.
People Involved: 
Monica Duboise
Jeromy Snyder

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