Motorcyclist Airlifted Following Desert Crash on Box Canyon Road

A motorcyclist was seriously hurt Thursday in a crash reported in a remote desert area east of Indio. The rider went down for unknown reasons about 10:55 a.m. on Box Canyon Road, four miles south of Interstate 10, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. A helicopter crew transported the person to an area hospital for treatment of injuries described as serious. California Highway Patrol officers were on scene investigating the cause of the crash.