Desert Hot Springs man killed in crash over weekend
The California Highway Patrol says a man drove into the back of a slow-moving truck and was killed early Saturday morning in Cathedral City.
The collision happened around 3 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 10, east of Palm Drive.
CHP says the driver, 26-year-old David Escarcega of Desert Hot Springs, had been traveling east when he rammed his 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo into the back of the slower-moving truck.
He died at the scene.
The truck driver, a 34-year-old resident of Mexicali, Mexico, was not injured.
The wreck was under investigation, it was not immediately known if alcohol or drugs were a factor.
