PEDESTRIAN HIT AND KILLED IN TWENTYNINE PALMS SUNDAY NIGHT IDENTIFIED

The County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the pedestrian killed in Twentynine Palms Sunday night. At 7:50 p.m., the Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call regarding a traffic collision on Baseline Rd just west of Utah Trail in Twentynine Palms. Bruce Johnson, 48, of Yucca Valley, was walking in the westbound lane of Baseline Road when he was struck by a westbound vehicle driven by Astrid Johnson, 69, of Twentynine Palms. Johnson stopped and called 911. Paramedics arrived at the scene and, after attempting life-saving measures, pronounced Bruce Johnson dead at 8:14 p.m. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department MAIT Division is investigating the cause of the collision.