One person received minor injuries in a four-vehicle crash in Joshua Tree Wednesday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol, Joseph McCloskey Jr., 42, of Twentynine Palms, was driving westbound on Highway 62 about 11:49 when he ran the red light at Park Boulevard and the highway. His 2013 Nissan Altima struck a 2016 Kia, driven by Farah Korhonen, 19, of Joshua Tree, who was driving southbound on Park Boulevard. Inside Korhonen’s vehicle was a 1-year-old child, also of Joshua Tree. McCloskey’s Nissan glanced off the Kia and continued westbound, and struck two vehicles that were stopped eastbound at the traffic light. One vehicle was a 2019 Subaru Cross Trek, driven by Carrie Baldwin, 38, of San Dimas; the other vehicle was a 2010 Toyota Camry, driven by Michael Badalian, 41, of Twentynine Palms. After the collision, Lucrecia Badalian, 33, of Twentynine Palms, the passenger in the Camry, was taken to Hi-Desert Medical Center with minor injuries. Korhonen was the only one not wearing a seat belt.
