A motorcyle crash left one woman dead and another man injured on Twentynine Palms Highway.
The California Highway Patrol Reports that on Friday (March 22) at approximately 7:30 p.m., Ronald Mitchell, a 62 year-old from Garden Grove, was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Twentynine Palms Highway, east of Ironage Road, near Sheephole Valley Wilderness.
The CHP says that Mitchell was traveling at a high speed when the road curved. They say the motorcycle went into the right shoulder of the road, when Mitchell lost control of the vehicle, and overturned. Mitchell and his passenger, identified as Terry Houlston-Reid, a 51 year-old from Westminster, were ejected.
Houlston-Reid and the Mitchell were taken to Hi-Desert Medical Center. Houlston-Reid was pronounced dead at the hospital. Mitchell suffered only minor injuries.
The CHP is continuing their investigation into the crash, and say that neither drugs nor alcohol were a factor. Both riders were wearing helmets.
