Semi Rolls Over Pickup Truck In Fatal Palm Desert Crash

PALM DESERT, CA — A pickup truck driver was killed Thursday in a collision with a big rig on state Route 74 in Palm Desert.

California Highway Patrol records indicated that the big rig was traveling "downbound" shortly after 7:30 a.m. Thursday when it lost control and overturned.

CHP officer David Torres told City News Service that the big rig crashed into a Chevrolet Silverado traveling the opposite direction, the driver of which was pronounced dead at the scene.

All lanes on SR-74 remain closed from Palowet Drive to state Route 371, according to Torres, who said the reopening time was unknown.

A coroner was requested to the scene at approximately 8:25 a.m., according to CHP records. The Silverado driver was not immediately publicly identified.

—City News Service