60-year-old man killed in crash in Yucca Valley Monday just after midnight
Jesus Reyes
YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A 60-year-old man was killed in a single vehicle crash Monday shortly after midnight in Yucca Valley.
The crash was reported at around 12:15 p.m. on Twentynine Palms Hwy at Mohawk Trail.
According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, witnesses told deputies that the vehicle was seen swerving as it traveled eastbound on Twentynine Palms Highway.
For unknown reasons, the driver drove over the center median as the vehicle approached the intersection. The vehicle continued in a northeasterly direction, crossing the westbound lanes of Twentynine Palms Highway, subsequently jumping the curb, and striking a pole located on the north side of the highway.
The vehicle came to rest in the number two westbound lane of Twentynine Palms Highway.
Deputies arrived at the scene and found the critically injured driver. The San Bernardino County Fire Department administered life-saving measures (CPR), and the driver was transported to Hi-Desert Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
The cause of the collision is under investigation by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. If you have any information regarding this collision, you are encouraged to contact the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station at (760) 366-4175.