According to a police report, the incident occurred just after noon on May 7 on state Route 111 south of Avenue 68
Mecca, CA – The Riverside County Coroner's Bureau has identified one of the men killed in a traffic collision Thursday afternoon on Highway 111 in Mecca as 45-year-old Emmanuel Guevara of Mecca City.
According to a police report, the incident occurred just after noon on May 7 on state Route 111 south of Avenue 68.
Investigators determined that a southbound blue Honda Civic veered into the to the northbound lane of the highway to pass a slower vehicle when it collided head-on with a blue Acura TL .
The Acura TL then overturned after the collision.
Guevara and the other driver were pronounced dead at the scene.
A female passenger in one of the cars was airlifted to the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs for unknown injuries.
It was unclear whether alcohol and drugs played a role in the crash.
The accident remains under investigation.
ORIGINAL STORY
Mecca, CA. – Two people are dead following a head-on collision that occurred on Thursday afternoon in Mecca.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened on state Route 111 south of Avenue 68, just after noon.
A blue Honda Civic was southbound when the driver allowed it to drift into a northbound lane to pass a slower vehicle, and collided head-on with a blue Acura TL.
The impact of the collision caused the Acura TL to overturn.
Both drivers were killed in the accident.
A female passenger in the Civic was injured and was airlifted to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs.
More details about the accident were not released.
An investigation into the accident is ongoing.