Two people were killed in a high speed head-on crash in Morongo Valley shortly before 10 p.m. last night. Investigators from the California Highway Patrol said the driver of a 2009 Dodge, a 23-year- old from Twentynine Palms, was driving eastbound on State Route 62 approaching North Star Trail In Morongo Valley. Witnesses told investigators the Dodge was driving in a reckless manner and at a high rate of speed. The CHP press release says driver of the Dodge traveled from the eastbound lane into the westbound lane and collided head on into a 2004 Ford driven by a 31-year-old from Palm Desert. Emergency personnel from the CHP and Morongo Valley Fire responded. Both drivers sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene. The names of the victims are not being released pending notification of next of kin.
