RIALTO: Two killed, two children injured in road rage crash
August 15, 2013 by
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car hit a brick wall and a tree off Cactus Avenue in Rialto early
Thursday, Aug. 15, killing two adults and critically injuring two
children in what police described as a road-rage crash. (JOHN
ASBURY/STAFF PHOTO)
Witnesses told police the road rage incident began about 12:15 a.m. on Highway 210 and Cactus Avenue with the suspect in a 1999 Honda was driving recklessly and aggressively toward another driver, said Rialto police Capt. Randy De Anda.
The driver of the Honda, later identified as Yvette Pulido, 31, of Fontana, collided with the other car near the Metrolink tracks on Cactus Avenue, then sped away, De Anda said. No one was injured. Police considered that crash an assault with a deadly weapon, De Anda said.
About three or four blocks away, police believe Pulido’s car lost control and hit a tree and a brick wall.
Rialto firefighters found Pulido and her front passenger, Martin Serrano, 32, of Bloomington, dead at the scene of the 12:20 a.m. crash.
CRIME BLOTTER: Two killed, two children injured in Rialto road rage crash
Firefighters had to use the jaws of life to cut the roof and door off the car, then remove the front seats to free the two boys, ages 6 and 1, Rialto Firefighter-Paramedic Matt Payne said.
The baby was found in a car seat, Payne said.
The 6-year-old broke both legs and the baby suffered multiple lacerations. They were taken to Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital in serious condition.
Rialto police have not determined what sparked the road rage or whether Pulido was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, De Anda said.
The victims of the first road rage crash are not suspected of any wrongdoing, he said.
By Thursday morning, the brick wall had been boarded up, but remnants of the crash remained. Skid marks in the street showed where the car veered off the street and over a sidewalk.
Remnants of the car remained, including a perfume bottle, baby wipes and an emergency “do not resuscitate” pamphlet for a relative.
Serrano’s relatives said at a Bloomington apartment that they were too distraught to comment.
Serrano pleaded guilty to spousal abuse in 2009. He pleaded guilty in 2010 to conspiracy to commit a crime in exchange for a gang charge to be dismissed, according to court records.
Pulido was cited four times since 2001, and as recently as 2011, for failure to properly restrain children in the car.
