A correction to our story about the crash in Yucca Valley Monday night in which a 13-year-old boy died. Owen McNichols, 13, of Morongo Valley, was crossing the highway southbound in a marked crosswalk on a Razor scooter at Inca Trail at 6:15 p.m. Monday, when he was hit by Douglas Derby, who ran a red light in his 2005 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Due to incorrect information provided by the Sheriff’s Department, we reported that Derby was 21 years old, when he is actually 64. Owen McNichols was taken to Loma Linda Medical Center where he died in the operating room at 10:20 p.m. The Sheriff’s Department reports that neither drugs nor alcohol are believed to be a factor in the crash.
