A 45-year-old woman died late Wednesday night after her car left the roadway and slammed into a concrete fence pillar in Chino, according to police. The crash happened in the 15300 block of El Prado Road, and officers found no other occupants inside the vehicle when they arrived.
Officers were called to the scene at 11:50 p.m., according to Sgt. Shauna Hill, as reported by the Chino Valley Champion. Hill said the car left the road before striking the pillar, and that the vehicle contained no other occupants at the time of the crash.
Paramedics Pronounce Woman Dead at the Scene
Chino Valley Fire paramedics pronounced the woman deceased at the scene, per Hill's account relayed to the newspaper. Her identity and place of residence have not been released, as authorities are still working to notify her next of kin, the sergeant said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and the newspaper's report does not specify what role, if any, speed, impairment, or road conditions may have played. Investigators are asking anyone who witnessed the collision or who may have video footage to come forward.
How to Reach Investigators
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact Cpl. Alex Courtney at (909) 334-3170 or by email at [email protected], according to the same report. No additional details about the vehicle involved, including its make or model, were provided.
Wednesday's fatal crash is not the first dramatic single-vehicle wreck to rattle the city in recent years. In November 2024, a Mustang traveling southbound in the 12600 block of San Antonio Avenue launched into the air and landed on the second-story patio cover of a Chino home around 12:22 a.m., according to KTLA. That crash left four occupants hospitalized with injuries, and investigators said alcohol may have been a contributing factor, though no such detail has been confirmed in Wednesday's crash on El Prado Road.
