A 43-year-old man who killed a 23-year-old former high school and college football player in a hit-and-run crash in Desert Hot Springs has pleaded guilty to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter and was sentenced to 11 years in state prison.
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A motorist slammed a vehicle into a power pole in Indio Friday, then apparently fled the scene, prompting a hit-and-run investigation.
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An 11-year-old child was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Indio Tuesday and the driver fled.
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Sheila Johnson of Desert Hot Springs was also charged with a felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
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A man who was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Cathedral City died Friday, and the search was continuing for the motorist. According to the coroner’s office, 43-year-old Jose Campuzano of Cathedral City died at about 3 a.m. at Desert Regional Medical Center. Police said he was struck shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday by an […]
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A motorist was seriously hurt Wednesday in a hit-and-run collision in Indio, and police sought public help in locating the other driver. The crash was reported at about 2 a.m. at the intersection of Avenue 48 and Jackson Street, according to spokesman Ben Guitron of the Indio Police Department. A silver 2002 Ford pickup truck […]
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A driver accused of fatally plowing into an Indio man walking his bicycle across the street and speeding away was behind bars Thursday on $75,000 bail. Mark Christian Bravo, 28, of Indio was taken into custody on Wednesday and booked at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of felony hit-and-run involving injury or […]
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A felon accused in a hit-and-run crash that injured an Indio woman and her 5-year-old son pleaded not guilty Thursday to one felony count of hit-and-run involving injury or death. Jesus Mario Noriega, 31, of Indio, is accused in the Feb. 4 crash reported in the area of Indio Boulevard and Fred Waring Drive in […]
