Coachella, CA A driver was killed when he rear-ended a big rig on Interstate 10 in Coachella Thursday. The crash happened at 5:04 a.m. on westbound Interstate 10, east of Dillon Road, the California Highway Patrol reported. Story: Country Music Radio Station Supporting Listeners Through Tragedy The victim, a 23-year-old Indio man identified as Frank Mendez, […]
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Palm Springs, CA Authorities today released the name of a man whose body was found inside a burning pickup truck on a Palm Springs roadway. Ernesto Carino, 72, of Palm Springs was found at about 7:45 a.m. Sunday inside a truck on Highway 111, one mile south of Tipton Road, according to the county coroner’s office. Story: […]
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Riverside, CA A man who killed a 19-year-old woman in a hit-and-run collision at a Riverside intersection was sentenced today to 15 months in jail. Erasto Gomez, 59, pleaded guilty last month to hit-and-run resulting in death, vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence and driving on a suspended license. In exchange for his admissions, the Riverside […]
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Palm Springs, CA Three people who were injured in the tour bus crash that killed 13 people and injured 31 passengers near Palm Springs are suing several entities, including the estate of the bus company’s owner/driver and the cities of Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs. Jose Santos Hernandez, Idalia Arevalo and Pilar Medrano, all […]
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Palm Springs, CA A Yucca Valley man accused of triggering a collision in Palm Springs while high on drugs, killing one of his passengers and injuring three other people, must stand trial on charges of murder and DUI causing injury, a judge ruled today. Robert Garcia Jr., 51, also faces sentence-enhancing allegations of causing bodily injury to multiple victims […]
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Cabazon, CA A fatal crash tied up traffic on Interstate 10 eastbound, before Cabazon.A silver Mercedes car rolled over several times for an unknown reason.The driver of the car, an elderly man, died at the scene and his wife was taken to the hospital.It happened around 4pm Sunday near the Haugen Lehmann exit, and as […]
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Thousand Palms, CA On April 7th, at approximately 7:46 AM, a traffic collision on Interstate 10 resulted in a fatality and an arrest. Dawn Fleck, a 56-year-old female from Palm Desert was driving a 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser on Interstate 10 eastbound, east of Bob Hope Drive. A 41-year-old male from Compton was riding a […]
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Cathedral City, CA Authorities identified a man who was killed in a crash in Cathedral City involving a motorist who was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Miguel Villanueva Munguia, 26, of Cathedral City died at the scene of the crash, which occurred about 2:40 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Whispering Palms Trail and McCallum Way, […]
