Woman Killed, Man Injured in Hit-and-Run Crash at Sheep Creek Road and Dos Palmas Road [Phelan, CA]

Police Search Driver After Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash at Sheep Creek Road in Phelan

PHELAN, CA (May 20, 2026)— A woman died, and a man was hospitalized on Wednesday night after a two-vehicle hit-and-run crash at Sheep Creek Road and Dos Palmas Road.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 10:05 p.m. on May 20, 2026, at Sheep Creek Road and Dos Palmas Road in an unincorporated area of San Bernardino County.

CHP officers from the Victorville Area office and San Bernardino County Fire Department crews responded to the scene. Emergency crews found a black Nissan Rogue overturned on the dirt shoulder just south of the intersection.

CHP said the male driver of the Nissan was found outside the vehicle. A female passenger remained trapped inside the SUV. Emergency personnel pronounced her dead at the scene.

Paramedics transported the male driver to a hospital for further medical treatment.

Investigators said the suspect vehicle, described as a white GMC 5500, fled after the crash. Authorities later found the GMC abandoned in the desert, but the driver had already fled in an unknown direction.

The preliminary investigation found that the Nissan was traveling southbound on Sheep Creek Road, north of Dos Palmas Road. CHP said the GMC was stopped in the southbound lane of Sheep Creek Road at the intersection when the collision occurred. The reason remains under investigation.

Authorities have not released the woman’s identity pending notification of her family.

CHP said alcohol and drugs remain unknown factors at this stage.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer T. Frias at the CHP Victorville Area office at 760-241-1186.

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Sweet Lawyers extend our heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of the deceased victim. May the bereaved find solace and strength in this extremely trying time.

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