DATE/TIME: May 12, 2022, at approximately 10:38 a.m.
INCIDENT: Fatal Traffic Collison
LOCATION: Lear Avenue / Two Mile Road, City of Twentynine Palms
VICTIM(S): 20-year-old resident of Indio
SUMMARY: On Thursday, May 12, 2022, at approximately 10:38 a.m., deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Morongo Basin Station responded to Lear Avenue and Two-Mile Road for a two-vehicle traffic collision.
Deputies discovered a Subaru wagon, traveling south on Lear Avenue, collided into the rear of a Caterpillar road grader, who was stopped in the southbound lane of Lear Avenue, waiting to make a left turn onto Two Mile Road. The driver of the Subaru was pronounced deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The driver of the road grader did not sustain injuries.
The Morongo Basin Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) responded, and the investigation is ongoing. The victim’s identification is being withheld, pending notification of next of kin by the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Morongo Basin Station at (760) 366-4175. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463), or you may leave the information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com
Refer: Deputy J. Sumpter
Station: Morongo Basin Station
Phone No. (760) 366-4175
Case No. 202200697
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
