A 23-year-old Perris resident has been arrested for hit and run causing injury and vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated following a fatal collision at the intersection of Placentia Avenue and the southbound I-215 freeway off-ramp in the City of Perris.
Deputies from the Riverside Sheriff’s Perris Station responded to a scene on January 12 at 12:20 a.m. and determined that the driver of a Dodge truck had fled the scene on foot. The driver of a Toyota sedan was unresponsive with significant injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene, authorities said.
Deputies searched the area and located the driver of the Dodge a short distance from the collision scene. According to authorities, the driver, identified as Ivan Simmons, displayed signs of impairment. He was arrested for hit and run causing injury and vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. His bail is set at $1 million, jail records show.
Preliminary findings revealed that the Toyota was exiting the southbound I-215 freeway at Placentia Avenue when the Dodge, traveling westbound on Placentia Avenue, collided with it in the intersection.
Placentia Avenue was temporarily closed between the northbound I-215 on-ramp and Harvill Avenue.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Deputy Jess Kiebach of the Perris Sheriff’s Station at 951-210-1000 or the Riverside Sheriff’s Dispatch at 951-776-1099.
