On Thursday, 07/30/2015, at 4:29 am, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department received 911 calls reporting a traffic collision on Amargosa Road east of Key Pointe Avenue in Hesperia. When deputies arrived, they found that Andrea Anderson, a 27 year-old resident of Oak Hills, was the driver of a red 2015 Kia Forte that had been traveling northbound Amargosa Road when she was struck head-on by a white 2008 GMC pickup truck that had been traveling southbound Amargosa Road.

Preliminary investigation has indicated that the suspect in this case, Ana Reepen, a 41 year old Daly City resident, was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 1 when the collision occurred. Reepen was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence causing death, and vehicular manslaughter.

On June 28, 2015, about 8:30 pm, officers from the Temecula Police Department responded to a reported hit and run traffic collision involving a motorcyclist with serious injuries in the 31800 block of Rancho California Road in the city of Temecula. The suspect in the hit and run, Benjamin Liano (22) of Temecula, was detained nearby

The driver of the silver Nissan Frontier, Jaime Xahuentit Palacios, a 39 year old resident of Santa Ana, was ultimately arrested on suspicion of felony DUI resulting in death as well as driving while unlicensed. The Nissan Frontier is believed to be related to the original drunk driver call.

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