What began as a disturbance call in Bloomington on Thursday morning quickly escalated into a violent crash involving an estranged couple, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies from the Fontana Station were dispatched around 8:57 a.m. on Aug. 14 to the 17000 block of Santa Ana Avenue after a woman reported that her estranged husband, identified as 33-year-old Jose Rios, had forced his way into her home by kicking down the door. By the time deputies arrived, Rios had already fled the residence in a silver 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe, authorities said.
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As investigators continued speaking with the victim, Rios allegedly returned to the neighborhood. Deputies said he accelerated into oncoming traffic and struck his wife’s vehicle head-on as she drove eastbound on Santa Ana Avenue, directly in front of the residence where the incident began.
The impact hit the passenger-side front fender of the woman’s car before Rios lost control, colliding with a cinder block wall and three parked vehicles, officials said…