October 24, 2026 11:47 AM

23-year-old Barstow Man Killed after getting Hit by Semi on I-40 on New Year’s Eve in Apparent Suicide

BARSTOW, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> The San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office have released the identity of a 23-year-old Barstow man who was struck and killed by a semi tractor-trailer on New Year’s Eve along Interstate 40, has been ruled a suicide.

Deneco McWilliams died in the collision, which took place about 9:14pm Wednesday, December. 31, 2025, on eastbound I-40 near the Montara Road and E Main Street exits.

California Highway Patrol officers determined McWilliams had been standing in the right-hand lane of the two-lane highway when he was struck by a semi

McWilliams was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The coroner’s investigators ultimately ruled McWilliam’s manner of death to have been suicide.

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