HESPERIA, CA : A male driver was killed and a female passenger was injured in a rollover crash on Sunday, December, 17th 2017

A male driver was killed and a female passenger was injured in a rollover crash early Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

Deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Hesperia Station and San Bernardino County Fire Department personnel responded to reports of a traffic collision in the desert area of Acacia Road, east of Highway 395, in Hesperia at approximately 1:50 p.m.

When deputies and County Fire personnel arrived, they found a 2009 Yamaha Rino, a side-by-side off-highway vehicle, overturned with the driver trapped underneath it, authorities said. A female passenger had been able to escape from the vehicle and was suffering from minor injuries.

“The driver was extricated from under the vehicle, however, despite efforts by first responders, the injuries sustained to the driver during the collision were fatal,” sheriff’s officials said. “The female passenger was transported by ground ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.”

According to authorities, evidence at the scene determined that the vehicle had been traveling east on an unmaintained dirt trail near Acacia Road when the driver made a left turn at an unknown speed, causing the vehicle to overturn.

The driver and passenger were both wearing safety harnesses, authorities said, but helmets were not being used and the driver was partially ejected as the vehicle overturned.

The Hesperia Sheriff’s Station’s Major Accident Investigation Team was requested to conduct the investigation into the cause of the crash. Anyone with information regarding the collision is urged to contact Deputy Jeremy Deberg or Deputy Doug Hubbard at 760-947-1500.

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Man killed, woman injured in Hesperia crash