Intoxicated in Perris
PERRIS (CNS) – A 23-year-old man suspected of driving under the influence was arrested today on suspicion of a hit-and-run collision resulting in the death of another driver in Perris.
Ivan Simmons of Perris was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run death, and DUI causing bodily injury in the collision. Simmons is being held in lieu of $1 million at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta.
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Perris station responded to a report of a traffic collision in the intersection of Placentia Avenue and southbound Interstate 215 Freeway at 12:20 a.m. Sunday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies arrived at the scene, and located a Dodge truck and a Toyota sedan, where they found the driver of the sedan to be unresponsive with significant injuries. Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene, officials said.
The Riverside Coroner’s Office identified the victim Sunday as Perris resident Jocelyn Mendoza, 26.
Preliminary findings from the Perris Station Reconstruction Team revealed the sedan was exiting the freeway at Placentia Avenue when Simmons, who was traveling westbound, collided with the victim in the intersection.
Simmons attempted to flee the scene when deputies arrived but was located ”a short distance from the collision scene,” said the sheriff’s department.
A temporary road closure on Placentia Avenue between the northbound Interstate 215 Freeway and Harvill Avenue took place to process the scene and collect evidence.
Anyone with information about the collision was urged to contact Deputy Jess Kiebach of the Perris sheriff’s station at 951-210-1000.
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