Woman arrested after deadly collision with a motorcyclist in Rialto

A driver was arrested on suspicion of homicide after her SUV struck a bike head-on in Rialto on Sunday, killing the motorcyclist, the Rialto Police Department stated Tuesday.

On Sunday at 5:32 p.m., Rialto Police acquired experiences of a car and motorbike site visitors collision within the 200 block of West Valley Boulevard, close to Riverside Avenue, in Rialto.

Authorities arrived on the scene of the collision minutes later and located Roger Norris, 59, of La Verne, affected by life-threatening accidents, stated a police information launch. Norris was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, the place he died at 5:58 p.m.

Rialto Police discovered that Norris was driving a bike eastbound, and Monica Granger, 48, of Riverside, was driving the opposite car, a white Toyota Highlander, westbound approaching Willow Avenue.

“For an unknown motive, Granger drove throughout the painted median into opposing lanes the place a head-on collision occurred with Norris,” stated Tuesday’s information launch.

Granger was not injured.

Granger was arrested on suspicion of homicide and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, in response to San Bernardino County jail data. She was  being held in lieu of $1 million and $60,000 bail on the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, arrest data present.

Further data relating to the circumstances of the collision weren’t instantly obtainable.

Anyone with further data relating to the collision can contact Sgt. Dan Smith at 909-644-6025.