Crime & Safety

One Person Killed in Rollover Crash in Desert Hot Springs, Another Hospitalized

A Colorado man died Saturday when his sport utility vehicle veered off the roadway and rolled on a Desert Hot Springs street, the Riverside County Coroner's Office reported Sundday.

The driver, Dale Olsen, 59, of Durango, Colo., failed to negotiate a curve and drifted off eastbound Worsley Road, about a half mile south of North Indian Canyon Drive. Olsen's SUV flipped over, the coroner's office reported.

Olsen was pronounced dead at the scene of crash that was reported at 6:35 a.m. Saturday. The accident happened south of Interstate 10. A passenger was cut from the wreckage and taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, Riverside County firefighters reported. His name was not released.

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