The Riverside County coroner’s office identified the 36-year-old Desert Hot Springs man who died on Sunday, Aug.16 while driving his motorcycle.
A driver in a gray Kia was going west on Teagarden Drive and turning left at the road's intersection with North Indian Canyon Drive in North Palm Springs, an unincorporated area near Palm Springs. Lester Cordero then crashed into the left side of the Kia with his motorcycle and fell onto the road. The collision was reported around 7 a.m.
Cordero died at the scene.
The Kia’s driver went to Desert Regional Medical Center with neck and back pain. The driver and the car’s passenger had stayed at the scene after the collision. The California Highway Patrol does not suspect that alcohol and drugs contributed
to the crash.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Motorcyclist killed in collision near Palm Springs identified
