A man was struck and killed in a hit and run crash early Friday morning in Palm Springs, police confirmed. Sgt. Kyle Stjerne of the Palm Springs Police Department said a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in the area of East Palm Canyon Drive between Broadmoor street and Golf Club Drive just after 4
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Palm Springs Police reopened North Gene Autry Road through the Whitewater Wash Monday at 11:00 a.m. The important traffic artery in and out of Palm Springs was closed Saturday evening due to blowing sand and low visibility. The road had been closed to all traffic between Salvia Road and East Via Escuela repeatedly over the
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UPDATE: 2:24 p.m. Gene Autry is back open, police announced Thursday afternoon.- Palm Springs Police again closed Gene Autry Trail through the Whitewater Wash at 12:00 a.m. Thursday due to blowing sand and low visibility. This was the second closure between Salvia Road and East Via Escuela this week. Motorists were being detoured away from
Continue Reading UPDATE 3:20 p.m. North Gene Autry Trail has been reopened between Via Escuela and Salvia Road after being closed since last night due to poor visibility caused by blowing sand, the Palm Springs Police Department reports. Original Story Palm Springs Police closed Gene Autry Trail through the Whitewater Wash at 9:11 p.m. Monday due to
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Westbound Interstate 10 traffic was brought to a crawl in Palm Desert just west of Washington Street following a multi-vehicle collision, according to the California Highway Patrol. It was reported at 6:28 a.m. when up to four vehicles collided in the westbound lanes. At least one was also then struck by a truck. There was
Continue Reading Palm Springs Police reopened Gene Autry Trail through the Whitewater Wash at 8:32 a.m. Thursday after a brief early morning closure of the roadway due to blowing sand and low visibility. Motorists were being detoured away from the major traffic artery as of 1:26 a.m. The conditions along the roadway had improved during the morning
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All lanes of westbound Interstate 10 were blocked in Indio Friday morning due to a big rig fire on the freeway, but the fast lane was reopened shortly before 5:30 a.m. The number 2 middle freeway lane was reopened at 6:30 a.m. The westbound slow lane was expected to be closed until approximately 10:30 a.m.
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UPDATE 3:40 p.m. Indian Canyon has been reopened ======== Both Gene Autry Trail was reopened to traffic Monday morning, but Indian Canyon Drive remained closed through its Whitewater wash crossing between Interstate 10 and the city of Palm Springs Monday morning. Police shut the roads down yesterday due to low visibility and drifting sand that
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Police closed a stretch of South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs early Tuesday morning after a motorist struck and damaged a power pole. Repair crews were on the scene of the crash at the intersection of South Palm Canyon Drive and Morongo Road. It happened at approximately 2:00 a.m. damaging the pole and leaving
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Palm Springs Police closed North Indian Canyon Drive and North Gene Autry Trail at their Whitewater Wash crossings to all traffic Wednesday morning due to blowing winds, sand, and dust. The high winds lowered visibility along the major traffic arteries in and out of the city. Vista Chino Road remained open to traffic. Stay with
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Traffic is backed up on eastbound I-10 in Desert Hot Springs as of 9 a.m. Saturday morning. This is near Gene Autry Trail and Date Palm Drive. A vehicle has overturned there and is blocking the first, second, and third lanes. No word if anyone was injured in the crash.
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The initial stages of a road construction project set for more than 20 miles of state Route 62 in Riverside and San Bernardino counties will begin next week, and Caltrans urged motorists to brace for future delays. The $48 million project will see a new layer of pavement placed on two major segments of SR-62.
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A roughly half-mile stretch of Indian Canyon Drive south of Interstate 10 in Palm Springs is finally open after a Southern California Edison repair project shut down the roadway since Monday. Southern California Edison crews were replacing power poles along the corridor from Garnet Avenue to Palm Springs Station Road. The work started Monday morning
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The California Highway Patrol reopened all westbound traffic lanes at 5:30 a.m. Monday morning after issuing a Sig Alert for the same lanes of Interstate 10 in Cabazon earlier just east of Morongo Trail interchange. They spent several hours cleaning up after a big rig crash. Authorities said two big rig semi trucks collided at
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A woman was seriously hurt today when a car she was riding in struck a power pole in Indio. The Dodge Dart collided with the power pole at about 8:30 a.m. on Monroe Street, just north of Highway 111, according to Indio Police Departmentspokesman Ben Guitron. #TrafficAlert Monroe Street between Avenida del Mar and Highway
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A car smashed into a fire hydrant early Tuesday morning in Palm Springs at the intersection of East Ramon Road and South Calle El Segundo sending a river of water rushing into nearby curbs and storm drains. The collision resulted in an uncontrolled geyser shooting skyward until the water flow could be shut off at
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Ramon Road was shut down to eastbound traffic Monday morning after a collision involving a motorist and a pedestrian on Friday. The pedestrian, identified as Adan Martinez Salazar, 69, of Palm Springs, died a few hours after that collision, reported at 11:19 a.m. The westbound lanes remained open for morning commuters as police conducted a
Continue ReadingTraffic is flowing again after multiple lanes were blocked for several hours Monday night due to an overturned semi truck near Cabazon. Read about the crash here: SIG Alert issued after big rig overturns, blocking three lanes on eastbound I-10 near Cabazon News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay shared traveling safety tips this morning as roads
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A big rig caught fire around 7:00 Saturday night in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near Bob Hope Drive in Thousand Palms. All lanes on the westbound side of the ten were closed while fire crews put out the blaze. At 10:30 Saturday night, lane one was open on the westbound side and lanes
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Police were on the scene of a collision involving a truck and a pedestrian early Wednesday along Avenue 44 between Oasis Avenue and King Street. A woman was injured shortly after 3:00 a.m. when she was struck by a driver, according to police. That woman was hospitalized in serious condition at a local hospital. KESQ
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