A single-vehicle rollover crash in Desert Hot Springs Wednesday left a 22-year-old woman dead and a woman passenger with serious injuries, authorities said.
(CNS) – A man who died in a single-vehicle collision near Desert Center was identified Wednesday. Bruce Falconer, 61, of Ramona was found dead at the scene of Tuesday’s crash, which took place near the intersection of state Highway 62 and Rice Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP officials said that, for reasons […]
(CNS) – A 41-year-old man arrested over the weekend on suspicion of killing a 23-year-old former high school football player in a hit-and- run crash in Desert Hot Springs was due in court Wednesday on DUI gross vehicular manslaughter charges. Jose Roberto Tafoya-Flores was arrested at the intersection of Two Bunch Palms Trail and Palm […]
(CNS) – A Mexican national who once lived in Riverside County was sentenced Monday to 63 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute nearly 120 pounds of methamphetamine that was dropped in the desert by an airplane that had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. Juan Carlos Iturriaga-Centeno, 34, a one-time resident of Mecca, pleaded guilty […]
Interstate 10 in Banning was shut down in both directions Tuesday due to a fuel spill caused by a 9,000-gallon tanker truck rollover crash. The solo vehicle crash was reported around 3:30 a.m., prompting the full closure of the I-10 between Ramsey and Eighth streets to remove the wreckage and allow hazardous materials crews to […]
A 53-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a van Friday morning in Desert Hot Springs, authorities said. The fatality at Dillon and Worsley roads was reported at 4:48 a.m. The driver of the 2020 Nissan van, a 35-year-old man, remained at the scene, according to the California Highway Patrol. The fatally injured man’s name […]
