Crime & Safety

Victim in Fatal Pacifica DUI Crash ID'd as Bruce Bernor

Bernor was driving on Highway 1 when he was struck head-on by a suspected drunken driver driving the wrong way.

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By Bay City News Service

A crash victim killed by an allegedly drunk wrong-way driver Saturday evening in Pacifica was identified today as 54-year-old Pacifica resident Bruce Bernor, police said.

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Bernor was driving north on U.S. Highway 1 at about 6:45 p.m. when a woman driving the wrong way crashed into him head-on, according to Pacifica police.

Both drivers were taken to a hospital for treatment.

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Bernor was pronounced dead there and the other driver, identified as 41-year-old Daly City resident Ana Reepen, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter, police said.

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