Freeway traffic was moving again through Bermuda Dunes Friday morning following a collision involving a big rig truck and a car east of Washington Street. No injuries were reported in the collision reported at 5:35 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Eastbound traffic was backed up to Washington Street as first responders worked to
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A stretch of Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs will be closed for 9 1/2 hours on Thursday, Jan. 20 for road work. The street will be closed between Tahquitz Canyon Way and Baristo Road from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The closure will allow workers to grind, repair and re-stripe the street following the
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Interstate 10 traffic was back up to speed Tuesday morning after eastbound lanes were closed following an early morning big rig collision in the San Gorgonio Pass. Eastbound freeway traffic was backed up from the collision for several miles all the way through Banning and Beaumont. Westbound traffic was not impacted. Eastbound freeway traffic was
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Update: 1:30 p.m. N Indian Canyon has been reopened to all traffic. As we reported this morning, Vista Chino and Gene Autry are open as well. Update: North Gene Autry Trail is open again as of 9:24 a.m. Wednesday from Interstate 10 to Via Escuela. It was closed for flooding in the Whitewater Wash. Indian
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One man was killed late Sunday night in a Cathedral City rollover traffic collision. Police responded to 911 calls of a solo vehicle wreck in the area of Date Palm Drive south of Varner Road and Interstate 10 at 9:06 p.m. They located a Dodge Charger that had gone off the road and rolled over. The driver, an
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This year’s Ironman 70.3 Indian Wells La Quinta race brought many visitors to the area. Residents throughout the area were stuck in extra traffic on Sunday. The road closures for the cycling portion of the race made an impact throughout the city. “It’s kind of hard because I live like 5 minutes from here,” said
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Eastbound freeway traffic was backed up on Interstate 10 east of Indio Wednesday morning as a mix of commuters and Thanksgiving holiday travelers packed the already busy corridor. There was no immediate word from the California Highway Patrol as to why traffic was slow and at a crawl from just east of Golf Center Parkway in Indio
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Traffic was slow on Interstate 10 eastbound through Cabazon Tuesday morning following a series of traffic collisions. The first was reported at 7:12 a.m. when the California Highway Patrol reported a driver of a truck that lost control and hit a right-hand side barrier. Eastbound traffic lanes were slow for more than two miles, but
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Police shut down South Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs Monday morning between Calle San Raphael and Dinah Shore Drive due to a major traffic collision. Firefighters and medics were called to the area shortly after 4:00 a.m. Police said that one person suffered major injuries and was taken to the hospital. South Gene Autry Trail was reopened later Monday morning.
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Traffic was at a crawl on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert Friday morning after a 3-vehicle wreck involving a Jeep, a truck towing a trailer, and a white sedan, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision was reported at 8:18 a.m. on the freeway’s westbound lanes just east of Cook Street. The trailer and
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Freeway traffic was slow Tuesday morning following a traffic collision on Interstate 10 west of Washington Street in Palm Desert. Westbound freeway traffic was at a crawl and backed up for two miles to the Jefferson Street Interchange in Indio. Two cars collided in the freeway’s fast lane westbound at 8:02 a.m. Police and medics
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Police and medics were working to clear a car that rear-ended a truck and trailer along the westbound lanes of State Highway 62 Friday morning. The collision was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 7:08 a.m. A driver in a small sedan hit the back of a stalled truck and trailer in a canyon north of
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UPDATE: Traffic is flowing normally on Interstate 10 in Palm Springs following a deadly officer-involved shooting Thursday morning. Authorities say that a suspect shot at a Banning Police Officer after midnight today, during a traffic stop off of Highway 243 in Banning. The suspect fled the scene, but a pursuit began later after he was
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CATHEDRAL CITY (CNS) – A stretch of Cathedral Canyon Drive will be closed briefly Thursday for the annual Cathedral City High School Homecoming Parade. The street will be closed between Perez Road and East Palm Canyon Drive between 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., with city officials encouraging the use of Date Palm Drive as a
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Motorists were hitting the brakes along Interstate 10 in Palm Desert early Monday morning following a collision involving a big rig semi-truck. Traffic was at a crawl and completely stopped for a time, as crews worked to clean up spilled rock and dirt on the freeway’s westbound number 2 and 3 lanes just west of
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Traffic lanes on Interstate 10 eastbound were closed Thursday morning due to a big rig truck fire east of Coachella. The truck was hauling containers of water when it caught fire east of Dillon Road and was reported at 5:25 a.m. Both eastbound freeway lanes were brought to a standstill due to the intense flames
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A fiery Desert Hot Springs head-on collision resulted in at least one fatality late Tuesday night. Police and medics were called to the area of Little Morongo Road between Dillon Road and Two Bunch Palms on the city’s westside at 10:51 p.m. Officers say two vehicles collided there at approximately 10:46 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. One vehicle
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Country Club Drive was shut down to traffic Thursday morning due to firefighting activity related to a Tamarisk Tree Fire next to the road, Union Pacific Railroad tracks, and Interstate 10. The intense fire was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 3:39 a.m. just west of the I-10 Jefferson Street exit ramp and was
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A woman was hospitalized Friday morning after she was struck by a hit-and-run motorist in Desert Hot Springs. The California Highway Patrol says a woman in her 40’s suffered major injuries at Mountain View Road and Whitney Court at 11:30 p.m. Thursday. The collision was not far from Wednesday’s deadly collision, which left another pedestrian
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COURTESY NEWS CHANNEL 3 The Riverside County Coroner’s office reported that 36-year old Wilbert Guzman of Desert Hot Springs died last night in a crash that occurred on Interstate 10 near the Main Street Exit in Cabazon. The crash was reported around 10:40 p.m. and caused a major back-up into the Whitewater area through the
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