Man identified in deadly Desert Center crash
The Riverside County Coroners Office identified on Saturday a San Jose man who died Friday when a vehicle went off Interstate 10 and through a fence east of the Coachella Valley in Desert Center.
Roberto Estrada, 66, was pronounced dead minutes after the wreck, which happened at 1:35 p.m. Friday afternoon in the freeway’s eastbound lanes, just east of the State Route 177.
A CHP incident log indicates that a vehicle went off the right side of the freeway and through a fence, killing Estrada. Another person in the car was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, according to Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department.
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The trend of deadly crashes on I-10 in Desert Center has been sharply increasing in recent years. KESQ News Channel 3’s Karen Devine covered the statistics in her special report: Desert Center Dangers .
We’re still waiting for information from CHP about the official cause of the crash as officers continue to investigate. We’ll deliver updates when the coroner’s office releases the victim’s identity.
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