Deadly collision injures three Marines
MORONGO VALLEY – A head-on vehicle collision on Twentynine Palms Highway Thursday afternoon killed one man and sent three Marines to Desert Regional Medical Center with serious injuries.
The collision occurred at 12:14 p.m. on the highway near Lanning Lane in Morongo Valley, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Morongo Basin station.
A CHP report states Andrew Dufresne, 21, a Marine stationed in Twentynine Palms, was driving a 2004 Saab sedan westbound on the highway. His car crossed the center two-way left-turn lane, striking a 1979 Chevrolet station wagon headed eastbound. The head-on collision killed the driver of the Chevrolet, whose name has not been released yet.
The report states alcohol does not appear to have contributed to the crash, but CHP Officer Eric Brewer confirmed on-scene that the two passengers in Dufresne’s car admitted they had been drinking.
Dufresne was trapped in his vehicle before emergency crews cut the top off the sedan and extricated him from the driver seat. He was then flown to Desert Regional Medical Center. Two passengers in the Saab were taken to Desert Regional by Morongo Basin Ambulance.
Cause of the Morongo Valley Crash
The December 22, 2011 crash investigation is ongoing by the California Highway Patrol however based on preliminary reports by the CHP the driver of the Saab, Andrew Dufresne, 21, a Marine stationed in Twentynine Palms, was driving a 2004 Saab sedan westbound on the highway. His car crossed the center two-way left-turn lane, striking a 1979 Chevrolet station wagon headed eastbound. The head-on collision killed the driver of the Chevrolet, whose name has not been released yet.
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