APPLE VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 24 (KNN) — Two vehicles collided head-on, involving at least one fatality, and a driver was taken into custody by authorities at the scene.
The crash was reported shortly after 8 p.m., Monday, on Westbound Highway 18, just East of Quinnault Road in the Town of Apple Valley.
Deputies with the Apple Valley Sheriff’s Station and rescue personnel with the Apple Valley Fire Protection District responded to the scene. They located two vehicles that collided head-on with one another, both with major damage.
Shortly after arrival, at least one person was pronounced deceased at the scene by medical personnel, and deputies arrested the driver of a blue SUV involved in the collision. Witnesses at the scene claimed the arrested male subject was slurring his speech when being helped by good Samaritans…