2 fatal pedestrian collisions occur on Twentynine Palms Highway in span of 4 days

A fatal traffic collision over the weekend left one pedestrian dead on Twentynine Palms Highway.
On Saturday morning (October 3) at around 9:15 a.m. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the intersection of Twentynine Palms Highway and Avalon Avenue in Yucca Valley. The Sheriff’s Department says that an adult male was walking across Twentynine Palms Hwy when a sedan collided with the pedestrian. They said the pedestrian was transported to the hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
The Sheriff’s Department said that more information will be released about the collision at a later time.
As previously reported by Z107.7, a different vehicle versus pedestrian collision on Twentynine Palms Highway killed another person on Tuesday morning (10/6) near Rice Avenue in Joshua Tree. That victim has also not yet been identified.