Alleged wrong-way driver dies, injures another in Riverside County crash

A man suspected of driving the wrong way while impaired in Riverside County died after colliding head-on with another driver early Tuesday morning, authorities confirmed.

According to the California Highway Patrol’s Indio Area/Border Division, officers responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash on the 10 Freeway, just east of Dillon Road in Coachella, at about 4:42 a.m.

Investigations revealed that a driver behind the wheel of a Nissan Sentra was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of the 10 when he collided head-on with a Toyota Camry that was going the correct direction…

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