One dead, one injured in crash in Imperial Sand Dunes
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) - The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is investigating a crash which left one person dead and one person injured.
According to a press release, the crash happened at the Imperial Sand Dunes, south of Interstate 8 and south of Grays Well Road, before 11 a.m. Monday.
CHP says two men were riding a 2017 Polaris RZR Turbo Pro Star when the vehicle drove over a sand hill, the front of the vehicle crashed into the bottom of the bowl, causing it to overturn onto its roof.
While one of the men, a 49-year-old from Ephrata, Washington who was driving the vehicle, was able to exit the vehicle on his own, CHP says the other man, an 81-year-old from Casa Grande, Arizona who was the passenger, had to be removed from the vehicle.
While U.S. Border Patrol agents and the Imperial County Fire Department tried to save him, CHP says the passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.
CHP also says the driver suffered lacerations to the head, and says both men were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash.
The investigation is ongoing.
