Indio man killed in off-road vehicle crash near Cactus City rest area has been identified
An Indio man was killed in a crash involving an off-road vehicle Friday afternoon near the Cactus City rest area has been identified as Charles Housewright II.
The incident occurred at approximately 3 p.m. Friday in the open desert west of Cottonwood Springs Road, North of the Interstate 10, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP Officer David Torres said the 64-year-old Indio man was pronounced dead.
Torres confirmed a Red Can-Am Outlander 570 quad was traveling southbound on an unimproved dirt road. Housewright remained straddled to the quad as it overturned.
Alcohol/drugs appear to not have played a factor, Torres said.
