Crime & Safety
22-Year-Old Motorist Killed In Rancho Mirage Crash ID'd By Coroner
The local resident was pronounced dead at the scene.
![The crash cause was under investigation by the Palm Desert Sheriff's Station.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/shutterstock/98363/20240816/060521/styles/patch_image/public/shutterstock-293997536___16180426856.jpg)
RANCHO MIRAGE, CA — A motorist killed over the weekend in Rancho Mirage after crashing into a tree was identified Friday as a 22-year-old local man.
Charlie Garcia Rodriguez of Rancho Mirage died minutes after the 6:10 p.m. Aug. 11 solo-vehicle crash on Highway 111, just east of Paxton Drive, according to the coroner's bureau.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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No other injuries were reported.
The crash cause was under investigation by the Palm Desert Sheriff's Station.
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