There was a spate of bizarre vehicle mishaps in the Victor Valley last and this week.
On August 19, 53-year-old Joe Dominguez II of Apple Valley was killed when the motorized shopping cart he was riding on was hit by a a pickup truck.
The collision occurred at at 8:40 p.m., 25 minutes after sundown, hear the intersection of Dale Evans Parkway and Zuni Road, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
Dominguez was heading north on Dale Evans Parkway in the unlicensed jerryrigged mobile contraption, which was described by the sheriff’s department as somewhat akin to a scooter, when he was hit from behind by a 2002 Mazda B-Series pickup truck traveling north.
Reportedly, the driver of the truck, a 49-year-old man from Barstow whose identity has not been released, did not see the unlit vehicle.
Dominguez was transported to a hospital under the care of paramedics. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The sheriff’s department dispatched its major accident investigation team to the location.
The driver of the Mazda truck remained at the scene of the mishap and was fully cooperative with the investigators, and the intersection was shut until nearly 1 a.m. on August 20, while the cause and circumstances of the collision were examined. Based upon the evidence and information gathered, the preliminary conclusion was that the driver of the Mazda truck was not at fault.
Deputy J. Alarcon of the Apple Valley Police Department has been assigned to make a final report with regard to the case.
Very late in the evening of August 25, a tractor and 53-foot trailer traveling at a speed in excess of 50 miles per hour blasted through a backyard wall and into a residence when the driver lost control of the truck and its load. When the destructive forward progression of the semi came to a halt, the driver in was pinned within the wreckage for over an hour.
“On Monday, August 25, 2025, at approximately 11:27 p.m., deputies from the Victorville Police Station, rescue personnel from the Victorville Fire Department, American Medical Response, and San Bernardino County Fire Departmet responded to a traffic collision on Green Tree Boulevard, north of the intersection with Arrowhead Drive, in the city of Victorville,” according to the San Bernardino county Sheriff’s Department. “Upon arrival, deputies located a white 2019 Freightliner tractor truck, which crashed into the rear of a residence in the 16000 block of Wimbleton Drive. The driver of the Freightliner, who was identified as Vincent Lynn, was trapped in the Freightliner with the roof of the residence collapsed on the truck. Lynn was trapped inside the Freightliner for approximately one hour and was extricated by rescue personnel. He was subsequently transported to an area hospital, where he was airlifted to a regional trauma center due to injuries sustained as a result of the crash. None of the occupants of the residence were injured.”
The Victorville Police Station Major Accident Investigation Team, which responded and assumed the investigation, learned Lynn was driving north on Arrowhead Drive when he lost control of the Freightliner. He crashed into a traffic control device and proceeded into the rear of the residence.
The San Bernardino county Sheriff’s Department functions as the contract law enforcement agency – the police department – for the City of Victorville.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. Green Tree Boulevard and Arrowhead Drive were closed for approximately four hours for the duration of the investigation. Deputies J. Tomasello and R. Anselm have been assigned to completing the report of the incident.
On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at 8:01 a.m., Apple Valley Fire Protection District firefighters responded to a report of a single vehicle, a Chevrolet Aveo, careening out of control when its 24-year-old driver, in the throes of an unspecified medical emergency, left the roadway and plunged into a single-family dwelling in the 13800 block of Iroquois Road in Apple Valley.
According to the Apple Valley Fire Protection District, “Occupants were home at the time of the incident; however, no injuries were reported to the occupants. The driver of the vehicle was transported to a local medical facility as a precaution.”
The district reported, “The Town of Apple Valley Building and Safety Department was requested to assess structural integrity of the affected residence. Firefighters constructed emergency shoring to stabilize the structure and prevent further damage or potential collapse.”