The California Highway Patrol has released more information about a crash in Morongo Valley Thursday that injured a woman. About 12:25 p.m., Christina Hilton, 33, of Yucca Valley, was driving a black 2008 Porsche Cayenne westbound on Highway 62. She had pulled into the left turn lane to turn southbound onto Rose Eden Drive and was waiting for traffic to clear. Her view of oncoming traffic was partially blocked by an unrelated truck that was stopped eastbound on the highway, waiting to make a left turn onto northbound Rose Eden Drive. Hilton thought the traffic was cleared and turned. A black 2020 Ford Explorer, driven by Travis Blaschek-Miller, 42, of Orinda, was traveling eastbound on the highway in the number one lane. The front of the Explorer struck the right side of the Porsche. The force of the collision caused the Porsche to overturn in the desert, where it landed upside down on its roof. The Explorer came to rest within the number 2 lane of eastbound Highway 62. A passenger in the Explorer, Martha Blaschek-Miller, 40, was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center by Morongo Basin Ambulance with minor injuries. Travis Blaschek-Miller, his three children, and Hilton all declined medical treatment. The CHP reports that everyone was wearing seatbelts or appropriate child restraints, and neither alcohol nor drugs appear to be a factor in the crash.
