A Yucca Valley woman died, and three other people were injured, in a three-vehicle crash in Yucca Valley Monday. Deputy Amanda Thomas said about 3:10 p.m., the driver of a Ford F-150 pick-up truck traveling northbound on Old Woman Springs Road dropped his water bottle and the driver bent over to pick it up. When he looked up, he saw a Subaru Impreza stopped in front of him, waiting to make a left-hand turn. The pick-up truck rear-ended the Subaru, driven by Sharon Meler, 84, of Yucca Valley, and the impact pushed the Subaru into oncoming traffic, and it crashed into a white Cadillac CTS, occupied by three people traveling southbound on the highway. Meler was transported to Desert Hospital in Palm Springs where she died from her injuries about two hours later. Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free the pregnant woman in the front passenger seat of the Cadillac; the woman and a boy were all taken to Desert Hospital in Palm Springs by ambulance. The male driver was taken by life flight helicopter to Desert Hospital with serious injuries. Two other people received minor injuries but were treated at the scene.
San Bernardino County Fire Department photo
San Bernardino County Fire Department photo
Tavish Stager, 26, of Yucca Valley was killed in a single car crash on an isolated desert road Friday. According to the County Coroner, at 5:22 a.m., officers of the California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino County Fire Department personnel responded to Kelbaker Road near Amboy in response to a single vehicle traffic collision. Upon arrival, the driver of the vehicle, identified as Tavish Toby Stager, was declared dead at the scene by fire department personnel. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.
