Riverside County sheriff's deputy crashes in Indio while chasing ‘suspicious' vehicle
At around 10:06 p.m., Sunday, deputies searching for a 'suspicious' vehicle in the 51000 block of Avenida Cortez in La Quinta found that vehicle at the intersection of Avenue 52 and Jefferson Street, three miles to the east, Lt. Deidre Vickers said in an email.
Vickers said the vehicle failed to yield to deputies, who initiated a pursuit. During the pursuit, the sheriff's deputy rear-ended a white Toyota Corolla that was uninvolved in the chase, according to Indio Police Sgt. Abraham Plata.
The driver and passenger of the Corolla were sent to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs with non-life threatening injuries, Plata said. The deputy was sent to JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio for minor injuries.
Little other information was available.
No arrests had been made as of Monday morning and the investigation remained ongoing.
Sam Morgen covers the city of Palm Springs for The Desert Sun. Reach him at smorgen@gannett.com.
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