Man killed in Sunday crash on I-10 identified as 40-year-old Mecca resident
A 40-year-old man from Mecca was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Sunday on Interstate 10 in Desert Center.
The death on the westbound 10 Freeway just east of Hayfield Road at mile marker 91 was reported around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The man’s vehicle dropped 80 to 100 feet down a dirt embankment, the CHP reported.
On Monday, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department identified the man, who died at the scene, as Sergio Guzman Ramirez, a 40-year-old who lived in Mecca.
No other injuries were reported.
The CHP temporarily blocked several lanes of traffic on the 10 Freeway to handle the death investigation. Those lanes were later cleared.
City News Service contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Man killed in Sunday crash on I-10 identified as 40-year-old Mecca resident
