(Corona, CA) David Carrilo, 41, of Corona, died after a northbound vehicle struck him while he crossed Avenida Del Vista.
On Sunday, November 8, at about 10 a.m., the collision occurred in the 900 block of Avenida Del Vista, according to the Corona Police Department. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Coroner’s office placed the incident approximately 700 feet south of Via Santiago. Paramedics responded and pronounced Carrilo dead at the scene. The coroner recorded his time of death as 10:11 a.m.
The driver, a 19-year-old Corona resident, remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. Neither alcohol nor drugs appeared to be contributing factors, police said.
Corona Police Department’s Collision Response Team assumed the investigation under case number 26-075879. Anyone with information can contact Officer Brett Sanhamel at 951-622-6768 or [email protected].
Understanding the Avenida Del Vista Collision
Carrilo was crossing the street when he was struck, but the police release does not specify whether he was in a crosswalk. That location matters when applying pedestrian yielding rules.
California Vehicle Code 21954 requires a pedestrian crossing outside a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to yield to vehicles close enough to present an immediate hazard. The section also preserves the driver’s duty to exercise due care for pedestrian safety. Its yielding requirement should not be assigned to Carrilo without establishing his crossing location.
The approaching vehicle was also subject to California Vehicle Code 22350, which requires a reasonable and prudent speed for traffic, visibility and roadway conditions and prohibits speeds that endanger people or property. That standard concerns safe operation around a person crossing the road; the collision itself does not establish a speed violation.
The crossing location and the vehicle’s approach must be established before applying those duties to either person. The reported absence of impairment answers a separate question from whether the driving and crossing movements were reasonably safe.
How the Family Can Move Forward
You can reference police case 26-075879 when seeking updates about the Avenida Del Vista collision, and coroner file 2026-08213 when requesting death-investigation records. Keeping those identifiers with the corresponding agency can help distinguish the Collision Response Team’s findings from the coroner’s examination.
If you have any concerns about navigating the legal process surrounding this incident, call 888-888-9285 to speak with a lawyer.
