Coroner’s Office releases name of man killed in weekend accident
The Riverside County Coroner’s Office released the name of a man killed in a weekend car accident in Palm Desert.
55-year old Robert John Powell, was behind the wheel of a Honda Element, that police say, rear-ended an Acura MDX at 10:28 a.m. Saturday at Country Club Drive and Harris Lane.
Powell died at a hospital. The Acura driver was also taken to a hospital and treated for minor injuries, the sheriff’s department reported.
Westbound Country Club Drive at Harris Lane was partially closed for several hours following the crash, which remains under investigation.
Anyone who witnessed the collision was asked to contact the Palm Desert sheriff’s Traffic Services Team at (760) 836-1600.
