Procession, funeral set for San Bernardino County Deputy Hector Cuevas killed in pursuit crash [Video]

ONTARIO, Calif. (KABC) — Family and community members will gather Thursday to remember a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy who was killed in a crash while chasing a suspect.

Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr., 36, died during a stolen car chase last month in Victorville when he crashed into a bystander vehicle and then slammed into a light pole.

Thursday’s services will start with a procession that will carry Cuevas’ body from a mortuary on Highland Avenue in San Bernardino to the Ontario Convention Center.

The public is invited to join the procession route and pay their respects.

That will be followed by a funeral at 11 a.m. at the convention center. That service is only open to family, friends and invited guests, but it will be livestreamed on the sheriff’s department’s YouTube page.

Cuevas spent three years serving the people of San Bernardino County. He graduated from …