Palm Springs, CA — At about 2:20 a.m. last Friday morning (October 17, 2014), a BMW was in an accident with an 18-wheeler truck along I-10 and the driver of the smaller sports car was killed. Another five people in his car were injured, police said.
The man who died wasn’t identified, but was listed as a 24-year old Cathedral City man. The accident happened just west of Palm Springs on westbound I-10, near Highway 62.
The Cathedral City man was driving his BMW west on I-10 that night when he lost control and crashed into the back of an 18-wheeler. Allegedly, the man was driving at a very high rate of speed when the BMW hit the back of the 18-wheeler, which was also headed west.
The truck driver, 55-year old Felix Preciado, wasn’t badly injured by the accident. The five people in the BMW who were injured were listed as a Hemet man, 32, a San Jacinto woman, 22, a Hemet woman, 22, and another woman who’s age and hometown were unavailable.
Scene of the Accident
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