“Unsafe turn” in Sheephole Valley Wilderness results in rollover, killing 1 and hospitalizing 3
A solo vehicle rollover on Twentynine Palms Highway east of Twentynine Palms left one man dead and two others hospitalized.
On Friday (August 14) at around 8 p.m., the California Highway Patrol (CHP) received a report of a single vehicle rollover on Twentynine Palms Highway near mile marker 73.5, east of Twentynine Palms near the Sheephole Valley Wilderness. The CHP said a Honda Accord with three people inside made an unsafe turn on the highway, flipping over but landing on its wheels. The driver was trapped inside. Two people were transported to Desert Regional Medical Center for unknown injuries. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by Morongo Basin Ambulance
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Coroner division identified the deceased as Rohan Karnavat, a 39 year-old resident of Irvine.
