Update (February 6, 2025): Authorities have identified the two people killed in this crash as Fabian Zamora, 31, and Carolina Navarette de Lear, 49. Zamora was the repair truck driver, while de Lear was driving the Toyota.
Palm Desert, CA — February 4, 2025, two people were killed in a truck accident at about 1 p.m. on Interstate 10/Sono Bono Memorial Freeway.
The Toyota driver and the repair truck driver, who was a pedestrian at the time of the crash, died at the scene, according to authorities. Their names have not been made public at this time.
Authorities have not released any additional information about the crash at this point.
The accident is still under investigation.
Authorities said a Toyota sedan was traveling west in the center lane of I-10 near Washington Street when it crashed into a semi-truck in the right line, then hit another semi-truck that had been parked on the shoulder. The first semi involved in the crash hit a tire repair truck that had been parked in front of the disabled truck.