A 67-year-old man suspected of crashing his vehicle at a La Quinta intersection while driving under the influence was released from custody Sunday after posting a $3,500 bond. Donald Lyle Reid of Indio was arrested Saturday night and booked into the Indio Jail on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI. He posted bail in the predawn hours […]
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Multiple people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Palm Springs, and one of the drivers involved was arrested for suspected drunken driving, police said Monday. The crash happened about 9:45 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Broadmoor Drive and Palm Canyon Drive, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Three people in one of […]
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Sheriff’s officials Sunday identified a man who they suspect of driving drunk and causing a head-on collision in Coachella that injured five people, including the suspect. The crash occurred at 7:29 p.m. Friday at State Route 86 and Avenue 50, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Macken. Investigators said Felipe Tello of Indio, 38, […]
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A 20-year-old Anza man was ordered Monday to stand trial on eight felony charges stemming from allegedly driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two people north of Desert Center last year. Judge Otis Sterling ruled that enough evidence was presented at Austin Bly Ellington’s preliminary hearing to proceed to trial on two counts […]
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A 27-year-old Desert Hot Springs man was arrested after he allegedly drove while intoxicated, fled from an attempted traffic stop and caused a four-vehicle crash in which the suspect was slightly injured. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Palm Desert station responded to reports of an intoxicated driver at around 7:30 p.m. Friday and […]
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A probationer who struck and killed a 65-year-old motorcyclist in Banning while driving under the influence pleaded guilty Thursday to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter and other offenses. Gabriel Simeon Beltran, 27, of Beaumont admitted the manslaughter count, as well as assault resulting in great bodily injury, breaching a roadway divider resulting in injuries and a […]
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A 17-year-old girl who played football and aspired to enlist with the Marines was killed by a suspected drunken driver, Florida authorities said Tuesday. Sophia Delott was riding her bicycle in the bike lane on the Indian Rocks Causeway Bridge, about 20 miles west of St. Petersburg, at 10:30 p.m. on Friday. She was struck […]
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A professional boxer who killed a 29-year-old mother of three in the final term of pregnancy when he struck her vehicle head-on in Hemet while driving under the influence was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in state prison. Marcos Forestal-Coutin, 29, pleaded guilty in March to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter and a sentence-enhancing great bodily […]
