California Highway Patrol officials are searching for the driver of an Infiniti that was caught on video causing a violent crash that left a BMW pinned under a big rig on the 10 Freeway in the Colton area earlier this week.

The collision occurred about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the westbound 10 between the Riverside and Pepper avenues exits, according to a Facebook post from Alan Parcero, whose mother was driving the BMW.

Madis Tolentino, the driver of the BMW, told KTLA she was grateful to come out of the crash alive.

On the day of the crash, she had left work and was driving home to Ontario when she encountered two cars — including the Infiniti. She said they appeared to be racing.

“From my perspective, when I was seeing them both kind of trying to get to the first spot I guess, in my heart, I believe that they were racing," she said.

Dashcam video captured the terrifying moment when Tolentino's BMW was cut off and side-swiped by the Infiniti, causing it to hit another sedan and veer into a nearby big rig. Her car ended up trapped beneath the semi's trailer and was dragged for a short distance.

“Seeing it made me realize, even more so, how grateful I am to come out of something like that," she said.

The sedan that the BMW had careened into stopped next to the center divider.

Meanwhile, the Infiniti driver continued on and left the scene, according to the footage. Parcero also stated in the Facebook post that the driver fled and didn't return.

Jose Rios, another person who was driving on the freeway at the time, captured video of the crash on a dash camera that had been placed on the rear of his vehicle.

In a phone interview Friday morning, Rios told KTLA he saw the Infiniti weaving in and out of traffic and driving at a high rate of speed before the violent collision.

“This guy … has regards for nobody on the freeway," he said.

Once Rios saw what happened, he had his girlfriend dial 911 and report the crash. He also stopped and pulled over to assist the BMW driver.

“She was pretty worked up, she was screaming and crying," Rios said. “Once she got out the car, she immediately ran to the truck driver and hugged him. She was holding on to the truck driver. I ran and I asked her, ‘Is anybody else in the car? Is anybody else in the car?’ There’s smoke everywhere.”

Tolentino suffered minor injuries, including cuts and bruises, and told KTLA she's also been experiencing a fair amount of anxiety since the crash.

However, she said she was comforted by how many people stopped to help in the aftermath.

“I saw a lot of people get out of their cars, came to me, made sure I was OK, and then went to the car, made sure nobody else was in the car," Tolentino said.

Rios provided her with the video from his dash camera, which her family uploaded to Facebook.

"Thank you Jose for catching this evidence on your dash cam and pulling over to help aid my mom, I appreciate your kindness. It means a lot to our family," a grateful Parcero wrote in the post.

CHP confirmed Friday that they found the Infiniti sometime after the crash; they have not yet located the driver, although they believe they know who was behind the wheel at the time.

No additional details were immediately provided by the agency.

One person was shot and another was stabbed in a suspected road-rage incident that temporarily shut down the 10 Freeway in Colton Tuesday evening, police said.

Traffic was backed up along the eastbound side of the 10 Freeway in Colton after a shooting on Aug. 29, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)

The incident was reported about 4:45 p.m. near the Mount Vernon Avenue exit, according to the California Highway Patrol.

An initial investigation indicates that one vehicle shot at another vehicle on the highway, causing the vehicle that was shot at to side swipe the vehicle where the shots allegedly came from, Colton Police Sgt. Ray Mendez said.

Both people got out of their respective vehicles and began to argue, when one of them allegedly stabbed the other, Mendez said.

Both were taken to a hospital with serious injuries to their upper bodies, Mendez said, elaborating that one had a stab wound and the other had a gunshot wound.

The vehicle that was side swiped remained at the scene until it was towed from the area.

The eastbound side of the highway was shut down before the vehicle that was side swiped was towed, and was eventually reopened, Mendez said.

Aerial video from Sky5 showed that traffic was backed up near the incident.

Thousands of Southern Californians already dealing with the most intense heat wave of the year were also without power Thursday, including the majority of the city of Colton, where classes have been canceled at multiple schools.

Lightning hit Colton's main substation, damaging all the main feeds, Colton Public Utilities posted on Facebook.

Power in the area was expected to be out for at least eight to 10 hours, according to the post, which stated the utility was without phone service and would be updating the public exclusively through social media. About 50,000 Colton residents – the vast majority of the city – were without power, city fire Capt. David Santos said.

Most of the city regained power by midafternoon, but then a blown transformer was reported about 4 p.m.

The city utility urged residents to conserve energy.

With temperatures expected to soar into the triple digits Thursday, several schools in Colton canceled classes for the day.

"It was like you were trapped in an oven," one little girl told KTLA of the conditions outdoors.

More than 6,300 customers  were without power in the San Bernardino area Thursday, according to the Southern California Edison website. Upland, Rancho Cucamonga and Rialto were among the cities reporting outages. Another 4,400-plus customers were affected in Riverside and about 3,071 customers were without power at one point in the Los Angeles area, according to Edison.

The outages come as Southern California remains under a scorching heat wave.

Prolonged dry conditions are expected to continue through the weekend, bringing with them an elevated risk of more outages and fire danger, according to the National Weather Service.

A list of cooling centers in the Inland Empire can be found here. Los Angeles County cooling centers are listed here.

Colton resident Megan Clement said she took this photo of ice that fell from the sky onto her home on March 21, 2016.

Colton resident Megan Clement was in her townhouse doing some cleaning when she heard the loud bangs. She thought a tree might have fallen on the home.

Then she went outside and found them: eight to 10 large chunks of ice.

They were everywhere — on the roof, covering the walkway and in the bushes.

The unusual incident occurred in the 1200 block of Mojave Drive about 10 a.m. Monday — when the sky was clear with no threat of hail or other strange weather.

Clement said she Googled the phenomenon and has some ideas what happened. Large chunks of ice known as megacryometeors can form under certain conditions, but it’s not clear if that’s what occurred.

Meanwhile, Clement is saving those strange ice chunks in her freezer.

KTLA’s Jennifer Thang contributed to this article.

Colton resident Megan Clement said she took this photo of ice that fell from the sky onto her home on March 21, 2016.

Colton resident Megan Clement said she took this photo of ice that fell from the sky onto her home on March 21, 2016.

A 22-year-old Colton man has been arrested for allegedly committing multiple sex crimes against a 15-year-old girl who lived in his neighborhood, authorities announced Friday.

Bill Lawler Jr., 22, is seen in a booking photo. (Credit: San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)

Bill Lawler Jr. was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of three counts: penetration by foreign object, oral copulation with a person under 16, and unlawful sexual intercourse, according to a statement from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

An investigation began Feb. 22 when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported to the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children Detail that a Colton man had solicited child pornography from a female minor, the news release said.

Sheriff’s detectives subsequently identified the teenage girl and named Lawler as the suspect. The alleged victim and the man knew each other as residents of the same neighborhood, the statement said.

Investigators from the Sheriff’s Department contacted the 15-year-old, “who disclosed sexual abuse and the solicitation of child pornography by Lawler,” according to the news release. The alleged abuse occurred between Thanksgiving Day in 2015 and March 2016.

Lawler was arrested on a warrant for sex offenses against a child and was being held on $500,000 bail. He was scheduled to be arraigned in Superior Court on Friday.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to call Detective John Everman or Detective Jennifer Burkhart of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department at 909-387-3615.

Officials on Tuesday identified the driver who led police on a short pursuit in San Bernardino and then crashed into another vehicle, killing himself and an innocent father of two.

Two people were killed when a driver allegedly ran a red light and crashed into another car in San Bernardino on March 28, 2016. (Credit: KTLA)

The incident began when the driver of a Honda refused to yield to a San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department deputy during an attempted traffic stop near La Cadena Drive and Mount Vernon Avenue in Colton early Monday morning.

The deputy began to pursue the driver, but ended the chase after the person in the Honda began driving erratically, said Lt. Rich Lawhead of the San Bernardino Police Department.

A short time later, after reaching speeds near 100 mph, the Honda ran through a red light and into a tan Mustang near the intersection of Mount Vernon Avenue and Rialto Avenue, Lawhead said.

The driver of the Honda, identified by coroner’s officials as 30-year-old Rudy Javier Vargas, from San Bernardino, was killed in the crash along with one of the two people inside the Mustang.

The man killed in the Mustang was identified by his fiancé as Alex Peyro.

"He was full of life. He loved his community,” Sarah Sillas said of her fiancé.

Officials said Peyro, a father of two, and a coworker were headed to their job Monday morning when the collision occurred.

"He was a good guy. Very talented ... good father ... a good person all the way around," friend Andrew Armendariz said.

The coworker was also injured in the crash, but was expected to survive.

A memorial of flowers was seen at the crash site in honor of Peyro Tuesday morning.

Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday night to show their support for the family of a 12-year-old boy who died after playing soccer Tuesday at an elementary school in Colton.

Dominick Gallegos is seen in a photo provided by family members.

Joel Gallegos said his son Dominick was taking part in a physical education class on a field at Ulysses S. Grant Elementary School just before the end of the school day when he somehow ended up on the ground.

School officials told him that Dominick had fallen and lost consciousness after running into another student, Gallegos told KTLA on Wednesday.

Dominick was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Katie Orloff, a spokeswoman for the Colton Joint Unified School District confirmed that a student had died and said a crisis team was at the school Wednesday. She did not provide any details of what had occurred.

"Everybody here is trying to do their best to support each other and work through it as the community that we are." Orloff said.

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Colton on April 13, 2016, to remember Dominick Gallegos. (Credit: KTLA)

Detectives were sent to the hospital and ruled out any type of assault or physical injury that may have happened at the school, according to Colton Police Department Officer Todd Smith, the school's resource officer.

Smith said investigators were waiting for a report from the county coroner's office.

However, Dominick’s father talked to his son's friends who witnessed the incident and believes his son was kicked by another student.

Dominick Gallegos' grieving mother cries out "Oh, my baby" at a vigil for the 12-year-old boy outside the family's home in Colton on April 13, 2016. (Credit: KTLA)

The students told Gallegos that Dominick slipped when he went to pick up a soccer ball and another student, who Gallegos said has a reputation for being a school bully, stomped on his son’s chest twice and Dominick lost consciousness.

"I guess the kid thought he was playing around. He started shaking him to wake up," Gallegos said.

But that's when the bell ending to school day rang and the boy just took off, Gallegos said.

"I don't know where the teachers were," said Gallegos, who felt his son should have been better supervised during the class. "Someone should have been watching those kids."

A sign for Dominick is seen during a vigil held on April 12, 2016. (Credit: KTLA)

Gallegos and the boy's mother both said their son had no health problems and recently had a physical.

"This kid did it on purpose," said Gallegos.

The father said he asked his son’s friends if Dominick had a problem with the other boy prior to the incident, but the friends said, "No, that's just the way that kid is.”

Gallegos said he wanted to help police with their investigation but they had yet to speak with him.

"He was my only son," Gallegos said, starting to cry.

Mourners comfort each other outside Ulysses S. Grant Elementary School on April 12, 2016, when a sixth-grader died. (Credit: KTLA)

Dominick was described as fun and friendly during a vigil held Wednesday night in the Colton neighborhood where the Gallegos family live.

Hundreds of people gathered and prayed with the Gallegos family.

"This just really hits home. This is a small community and we all love each other," said Jody Kagarise, who lives in the neighborhood.

On Tuesday night, about 100 parents and students had gathered at the school, but no one who spoke to a KTLA reporter was able to say exactly what had happened, only that a student had died early that day.

The district superintendent was present Tuesday evening and said he had no comment and wanted to respect the family's privacy. He said the district would send out a press release.

Dominick Gallegos is seen in a photo provided by family members.

A coroner’s autopsy found no evidence of trauma on the body of a 12-year-old boy who died after his parents said he was stomped on by another student at a Colton elementary school.

The San Bernardino County coroner’s office’s finding in the case of Dominick Gallegos was posted online Thursday, when the autopsy was completed.

“Preliminary autopsy findings indicate an enlarged (hypertrophic) heart and evidence of early congestive cardiac failure,” the coroner’s brief statement read.

Gallegos died Tuesday after being taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center from Ulysses S. Grant Elementary School in Colton.

Mourners comfort each other outside Ulysses S. Grant Elementary School on April 12, 2016, when a sixth-grader died. (Credit: KTLA)

He collapsed after playing soccer, and the boy’s parents told KTLA their son’s friends reported a boy known for bullying had stomped on the Dominick’s chest.

He was declared dead about an hour after he collapsed, the coroner’s statement indicates.

Police said Wednesday they had ruled out the possibility of an assault but were waiting for the autopsy results.

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Colton on April 13, 2016, to remember Dominick Gallegos. (Credit: KTLA)

The boy’s father, Joel Gallegos, told KTLA that students told him Dominick slipped when he went to pick up a soccer ball and another student stomped on his son’s chest twice and Dominick lost consciousness.

Gallegos and the boy’s mother both said their son had no health problems.

Hundreds of people turned out for a vigil at the school on Wednesday night.

A 24-year-old man was arrested in Colton after authorities found the remains of a missing man buried in a backyard, police said.

Colton police officers were called to a home along North Jantzen Drive about 5:15 p.m. Monday for suspicious circumstances.

A man was found buried in the backyard of this Colton home on July 25, 2016. A small memorial was set up in front of the home. (Credit: KTLA)

Cpl. Ray Mendez told the Press-Enterprise that detectives believe the victim lived alone in the home where his body was found.

During their initial investigation, police believed the missing man might have been the victim of a homicide and a "person of interest" was detained at the scene, officials said.

Detectives eventually found a shallow grave in the victim's backyard and the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office was called to recover the remains and preserve evidence, officials said.

Flavio Delgadillo was eventually arrested and booked on suspicion of homicide, officials said.

The circumstances behind the death and the motive remain unknown.

The victim has not been identified, but nearby residents told KTLA that the two men were neighbors.

Residents described the victim as a cheerful neighbor who they looked forward to running into on their street or at the grocery store.

“(He was a) Very nice gentleman,” Ruben Castaneda said.

“At times you hear stuff happening, but not like this.” Frank Ornelas, another neighbor said. “This is shocking."

A small memorial was set up for the victim near his home.

A Colton man has been charged with murder after his neighbor’s body was found in a backyard, court records show.

Flavio Delgadillo, 24, was arrested earlier this week when detectives found the remains of Gary Lee Titus in the victim’s own backyard.

Titus had been missing and a concerned family member asked police to respond to his home in the 1600 block of North Jantzen Drive, officials said.

Colton police officials told the Press Enterprise that the victim lived alone in the home.

Detectives found a shallow grave and the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office was called to recover the remains.

According to the criminal complaint, Delgadillo used a knife to kill Titus.

It is unclear, however, what led to the death or when Titus was killed.

Delgadillo remains in custody on $1 million bail.

A man was fatally shot by police in the parking lot of Washington High School in Colton following a pursuit Monday evening, authorities said.

The incident began around 5:30 p.m. when officers located a stolen vehicle in the area of Harbor Avenue and Illinois Street, according to a news release from the Colton Police Department.

Officers attempted to stop on the car, but the driver failed to yield, prompting police to initiate the chase, the release stated.

The pursuit ended in the high school’s parking lot when the vehicle crashed into a curb in the 900 block of East “C” Street.

Police opened fire at the conclusion of the pursuit, though it was not immediately known what prompted the shooting.

The driver and passenger who were inside the vehicle were both transported to a hospital, where one of them died, according to the release.

Authorities have not identified the deceased person, describing him only as an adult male.

The other person was treated for injuries; his or her condition was not immediately provided.

The high school, which was not in session when the fatal shooting occurred, was closed Tuesday due to a police investigation, the Colton Joint Unified School District tweeted. Earlier, Washington High said on Twitter that the campus would be closed Tuesday because of an after-school incident near the school.

No additional details were released about the shooting, which was being investigated by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

All westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway were closed on Wednesday after a tractor-trailer hit a beam of the Pepper Avenue overpass, according to California Highway Patrol officials.

The big rig was carrying a forklift when it hit the bridge around 9 a.m., said CHP Officer Brian Alvarez.

A few cars were damaged by falling debris, but no injuries were reported, according to Alvarez.

A SigAlert was issued at 9:14 a.m.

Traffic was rerouted off the freeway, which was backed up to Tippecanoe Avenue, about 5 1/2 miles east of the Pepper Avenue overpass.

The10 Freeway reopened by 1:30 p.m., according to a CHP Inland Division official.

A man was fatally shot Thursday in Colton, police reported.

Officers responded to the 300 block of East Valley Boulevard about 7:44 a.m. to a report of a man down. An adult man was found suffering from a gunshot wound in his upper chest area, the Colton Police Department said in a released statement.

The man, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center where he died of his injuries, police said.

No other information was released.

Anyone with information was asked to call the Colton Police Department at 909-370-5000.

The driver of an allegedly stolen car was taken into custody in a residential part of Long Beach following a lengthy pursuit Tuesday night.

A driver was taken into custody in Long Beach following a multi-county pursuit on Nov. 7, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)

It was not immediately clear when or where the chase began, but a Colton Police Department official confirmed the vehicle had been reported stolen, and that at one point the agency was handling the pursuit.

The California Highway Patrol later took it over, however, according to the police official.

By 10:50 p.m., the white sedan — which appeared to be a Ford Taurus — had reached Los Angeles County, as the driver sped down the westbound 10 Freeway in the Pomona area, Sky5 aerial video showed

The chase also headed down the 605 and 105 freeways before the driver got off at the Lakewood Boulevard off-ramp in the Downey around 11 p.m.

The driver continued speeding down surface streets, at one point having to slow down abruptly as the car nearly hit another vehicle not far from a 91 Freeway ramp, the aerial video showed.

The car could also be seen running multiple red lights as the driver continued to evade pursuing law enforcement all the way into the Long Beach area.

By 11:15 p.m., the chase had entered a residential area of the city; a few minutes after that, the car slowed down for an unknown reason.

The driver, who appeared to be smoking a cigarette behind the wheel, eventually stopped the vehicle, got out of the car and surrendered to law enforcement around 11:20 p.m., the aerial video showed.

No additional information was immediately provided.

KTLA’s Nidia Becerra contributed to this story. 

Colton police are searching for a man who stabbed a Colton store clerk in the upper body and head during a robbery, officials said Wednesday.

A man who allegedly attacked a store clerk in Colton on Nov. 14, 2017 is seen in surveillance video released by the Colton PolIce Department.

The incident occurred about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at a smoke shop in the 1600 block of East Washington Street. The man walked into the store and demanded money, police said. A struggle ensued and the man stabbed the victim four times before running from the area, police said.

The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Authorities responded and searched for the man, but he was not found.

He was described as being in his late 20s or earl 30s, wearing a gray sweatshirt, orange shorts, black socks and white shoes, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident can call 909-370-5021 or 909-370-5000.

The clerk's wife told KTLA that her husband called her from the ambulance and told her what happened. She hopes someone will come forward and turn the man in.

"Someone should speak up because he's a dangerous man and this could happen to anyone," she said.

A man was shot and killed by police in Colton on Saturday after authorities were called to the home by family members, who allegedly were concerned about him not taking his medications and later being armed with a knife, police said.

Police received the call at about 11:50 a.m. and responded to the incident in the 1900 Block of West De Anza Drive. A family member called to report the man was off his medications and “out of control,” police later said in a news release.

While they were on their way to the home, officers responding to the call found out the man was armed with a kitchen knife and had fled the home on foot, according to police. A short distance away from the house — near the intersection of San Bernardino Avenue and Christobal Lane — officers “contacted” the man, police said in a news release.

An investigator walks by a Colton police patrol car at the scene of an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead on Dec. 2, 2017. (Credit: OC Hawk)

He was “given several commands to drop the knife,” police said in the release. But police said the man “did not follow” those commands and he was soon shot and killed by officers.

Police have not released further information about the circumstances surrounding the shooting or the identity of the man killed. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the incident.

A man accused of stabbing a store clerk during an attempted robbery in Colton last November has been arrested, police said Thursday.

Eddie Charles Lockhart is seen in a booking photo provided by the Colton Police Department on Feb. 8, 2018.

Eddie Charles Lockhart, 28, allegedly stabbed the victim four times after demanding money at a smoke shop in the 1600 block of East Washington Street the morning of Nov. 14, 2017. The assailant fled the scene, and the victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition but survived, according to police.

Colton officials said after about three months of investigation and surveillance, a task force identified and located the suspect, arresting him in San Bernardino.

The task force included personnel from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Riverside County District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Marshal Service, according to police. Agents later released Lockhart to the Colton Police Department.

The suspect has been booked into San Bernardino County Jail for attempted murder, attempted robbery and parole violation, authorities said.

A 31-year-old woman was killed in a Colton bar shooting early Sunday, police said.

Crime scene tape surrounds a bar in Colton where a shooting killed a 31-year-old woman on Feb. 18, 2018. (Credit: Inland News)

The incident occurred about 1:40 a.m. inside Linko’s Cocktail Lounge, along the 100 block of East Valley Boulevard.

Police responded to several calls of shots heard and a person down. Arriving officers found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body, Sgt. Ray Mendez told KTLA at the scene. The victim was taken to a hospital, where she eventually died, Mendez said.

The victim has not been identified, and was only described as being Hispanic.

"Detectives are trying to figure out the motive and the circumstances surrounding this victim being shot," Mendez said.

He added that investigators were processing the scene and interviewing witnesses. Police did not have any description on the shooter and no arrests have been made.

A friend of the victim said she was a newlywed and mom who was attending a birthday celebration. I remains unclear if she was the intended target.

Police tape surrounded the establishment and at least one unit remained at the scene Sunday morning.

This is at least the second killing at the bar after a man was fatally shot in the establishment's parking lot five years ago, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

Anyone with information can call the Colton Police Department detective bureau at 909-370-5000.

A 57-year-old pastor has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a girl, and San Bernardino police believe he may have more victims.

Harold Dien is shown in a photo released by the San Bernardino Police Department on March 16, 2018.

An investigation began on Feb. 5 when officials were alerted of a possible child abuse case.

The alleged vicim was interviewed and Harold Dien, a pastor at a Seventh Day Adventist Church, was identified as the suspect.

The case was turned over to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office who filed criminal charges against Dien on Thursday, officials said.

No details were released about the alleged victim or the crimes, but officials said they didn’t occur in the church.

Dien, of Colton, is affiliated with a church in Upland and in Orange County, officials said, without elaborating.

Anyone with information about the investigation can call 909-387-3545.

KTLA’s Matt Phillips contributed to this story.

Authorities are searching for a driver who opened fire in an apparently random car-to-car shooting on the 215 Freeway in Colton early Tuesday morning.

Police investigate a freeway shooting in Colton on April 24, 2018. (Credit: InlandNews)

The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. as the victim and shooter were traveling northbound on the freeway just south of Washington Street, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Robert Holtz said.

The victim was shot in the arm and transported to a local hospital. The wound was not life-threatening, Holtz said.

The shooter was driving a gold sedan, but no further information was immediately available.

The victim and shooter did not know each other, Holtz said, adding that the incident appeared to be random.

The freeway was shut down for a short period of time as officers searched for evidence.

Anyone with information was asked to call the CHP at 909-383-4247.

KTLA’s Alexandria Hernandez contributed to this report.