A car struck and killed a pedestrian in Cathedral City on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Callers reported a traffic collision on the 67-700 block of East Palm Canyon Drive to the Cathedral City Police Department's dispatch center around 9:45 p.m. Officers and firefighters responded to the crash, but the pedestrian died at the scene. Police said they would not disclose the pedestrian's identity until their next of kin was notified of their death.
The driver stayed in the area and cooperated with authorities. Police said the pedestrian was outside of a crosswalk, walking north across East Palm Canyon Drive, when the westbound driver struck them.
Police were waiting for toxicology results on Thursday, Oct. 15, and did not know whether drugs or alcohol were factors
in the collision.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Car hits and kills pedestrian in Cathedral City
