Fatal Palm Springs Crash Likely Triggered By Medical Emergency: Police

PALM SPRINGS, CA — A man died at a hospital Monday after suffering a possible medical emergency while driving and crashing into a traffic signal in Palm Springs.

Officers responded at 8 a.m. Monday to the intersection of East Palm Canyon Drive and South Sunrise Way to a report of a collision, a Palm Springs Police Department spokeswoman told City News Service.

It was believed that the man experienced a medical emergency and hit a traffic signal, which fell onto an unoccupied parked vehicle, she said. The man was subsequently taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 8:30 a.m.

Traffic was closed in all directions at the intersection for over two hours due to the collision, but it has since reopened, according to police.

No other information was immediately available.