Speed a factor in two major crashes this week
This week there have been two major accidents where people were driving too fast.
You don’t need a police radar gun to know people sometimes go well over the speed limit on valley streets. Putting themselves and others in serious danger.
Emergency officials performed a cut and rescue in La Quinta after a car crashed on Washington Street Thursday afternoon.
“One female patient was rapidly extricated, however two male patients both required extended amount of resources and extraction time. One male patient was out within 30 minutes and the other was about 42 minutes,” said Chief Bonifacio Delacruz, with Cal Fire.
The car apparently went off the roadway at a high rate of speed and crashed into a palm tree.
As of Thursday night, the male driver and female passenger were in critical condition. The male passenger is in serious condition at a local hospital.
“When we speed we are putting everybody at risk the public the community, so you need to obey the speed limit,” said Deputy Armando Munoz with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
It’s not just cars going too fast. On Monday a man lost his life after losing control of his motorcycle traveling down Gene Autry in Palm Springs.
“The scene itself and the debris field indicated that the motorcyclist was traveling at a high rate of speed, in excess of 100 miles per hour,” said Lt. Mike Kovaleff of the Palm Springs Police Department.
We spoke with young drivers about issues they see when they hit the roads.
“When I go to College of the Desert in the morning people are just out control and they are putting on their makeup, they just terrible driving habits,” said 18-year-old Fernando Perez.
“There have been a lot of accidents lately, and one of my friends got hit be a car, and it’s been its been such a pain because I have been trying to get in my friends heads to be careful and pay attention, don’t be on your phone and be safe,” said Raul Martinez of Bermuda Dunes.
If you see anyone speeding or driving recklessly, you should call 911 and report it immediately.
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