The driver of one of the big rigs was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center for treatment.
Thousand Palms, CA. – 49-year-old Carolina Navarrete De Leal, of Coachella, has been identified as one of the two people who died in a car crash on Tuesday night in Thousand Palms.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 1 p.m. on the 10 Freeway near Washington Street.
Two big rigs and a car were involved in the crash. Authorities did not immediately establish the events leading up to the accident.
De Leal and a second person were killed in the accident, according to the Riverside County Coroner's Office.
The driver of one of the big rigs was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center for treatment.
More details about the accident were not released.
An investigation into the accident is ongoing.