A minor traffic collision on Interstate 10 eastbound heading into the valley caused major traffic delays Thursday morning. The incident was reported at 7:44 a.m. A gray Chevy pickup truck hauling a trailer reportedly lost control and crashed into the center divider, according to CHP. The incident forced the closure of the number one and
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UPDATE – 1:45 P.M. – The light is now operating normally, according to an update sent out by the city of Palm Desert. *** Traffic delays were reported Friday morning in Palm Desert at the intersection of Fred Waring Drive and Cook Street. According to a release issued by the city of Palm Desert, the
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Traffic was backed up for more than 3 miles at the scene of a big rig semi-truck that rolled onto its side along Interstate 10 in Palm Desert early Wednesday morning. The crash, involving a truck hauling hay, was backing up westbound freeway traffic from Cook Street to Jefferson Street in Indio. The CHP reopened
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Two people are in serious condition after the sedan they were riding in crashed into a fifth wheel trailer. The accident was reported just after 11 o’clock Saturday morning on eastbound Interstate 10 near Hayfield Road. Cal Fire says both people in the sedan had to be extricated. Both were taken to a hospital by
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A car fire was causing a considerable traffic backup on State Route 62 heading toward the High Desert on New Year’s Day. The fire, which was reported at 12:32 p.m., was causing traffic to back up starting near the intersection of Highway 62 and Indian Canyon Drive. Viewers called into News Channel 3 and said
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A person was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle in Mecca Tuesday morning. The pedestrian, a field worker, was apparently struck by a lunch truck near the intersection. The truck was backing up when the worker was unexpectedly struck. The collision was reported in a field near the intersection of Hayes Street and
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Indian Canyon Drive has reopened at the wash in Palm Springs. The closure went into effect Thursday afternoon at 2:41 p.m. The Palm Springs Police Department announced that the closure had been lifted as of 9:23 a.m. The closure was due to heavy rains which made the roadway impassable. To the southeast, Cathedral Canyon Drive
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UPDATE: The Roadway has reopened. *** Rain has been falling across the valley since early Thursday morning. Most roads remain open, but in Cathedral City you will need to steer clear of Cathedral Canyon at the wash. Cathedral City closed the roadway just before 1:00 pm due to flooding. According to the Cathedral City Police
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The Whitewater rest area on Interstate 10 westbound is closed and will remain closed until after Christmas, according to Joy M. Schneider, CalTrans District 8 public information officer. The snakebitten stop along the freeway has had periodic closures, some lasting months, dating back at least to 2014. According to the California Highway Patrol, Thursday’s closure
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Police say four horses are dead after two separate crashes in Thermal Tuesday morning. The first accident was reported at around 4 a.m. on Harrison Street near Avenue 60. Not many details have been released on this crash. Riverside County Animal Services officials said one horse was killed and a second was so badly injured
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Moments after touching down on Dillon Road near Thousands Palms Canyon Road, the plane was being towed by a pickup truck with a C.H.P. escort. “Obviously this isn’t something we see everyday. We were able to go ahead and get it safely into a parking lot,” said C.H.P. Officer Ramon Perez. Eventually, the single-engine 1949
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A Riverside County Sheriff’s Sergeant who was injured in a crash in Thousand Palms last week has been discharged from the hospital, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Media Information Bureau. The vehicle crashed while en route to a call of a reported bank robbery in at around 10:50 a.m. on December 5. The
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A pedestrian was sent to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle in Indio. The collision was reported at the intersection of Fred Waring Drive and Burr Street at 1:20 p.m. Responding officers found an adult male lying in the roadway next to a White Nissan. The pedestrian was taken to an
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At City Hall in La Quinta Monday, you could say they were breathing a collective “sigh of relief”. Major traffic ties up during last year’s triathlon for the most part were averted. “Once again i want to give a huge thank you to the community for helping us have a less of an impact from
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Police and Firefighters were working to clear a collision that was backing up traffic on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert Monday morning. All lanes had reopened to traffic at 9:00 a.m. and residual slowing was beginning to clear. The earlier collision was in the freeway’s westbound lanes between Washington Street and Cook Street. Westbound traffic
Continue Reading A Riverside County Sheriff’s Sergeant who was injured in a crash in Thousand Palms on Thursday remains hospitalized Friday in stable condition. The vehicle crashed while en route to a call of a reported bank robbery in at around 10:50 a.m. The call was later confirmed as being unfounded. According to the California Highway Patrol,
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A Riverside County Sheriff’s vehicle crashed while en route to a call in Thousand Palms Thursday morning at around 10:50 a.m. According to CHP, an RSO sergeant suffered major injuries. Witnesses on the scene say the RSO SUV was traveling northbound on Monterey Avenue with patrol lights on as it passed through the intersection when
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A vehicle has overturned on the westbound Interstate 10 Bob Hope Drive on-ramp in Cathedral City. The accident was reported at 2:15 p.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, the driver was ejected from the vehicle. According to the Cathedral City Fire Department, the driver, an older man, was not wearing a seatbelt and was
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A section of road has buckled, exposing a ruptured water main in Cathedral City. The damage is on Dinah Shore Drive near Corregidor Avenue. The roadway is shut down in both directions from Corregidor Avenue to Plumley Road. The incident was reported shortly after 1:15 p.m. Cathedral City Fire Department crews and Coachella Valley Water
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Police and firefighters were on the scene of a head-on collision at the I-10 Highway 62 interchange Tuesday morning. The California Highway Patrol says the wreck happened at 6:52 a.m. Wreckage from a truck and a sedan were blocking the Interstate 10 eastbound to Highway 62 northbound lanes toward the high desert. The CHP said
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