Crime & Safety
SUV, Semi Hauling Oversized Mobile Home Collide, Stall I-10 Traffic
Eastbound I-10 at North Gene Autry Trail was slowed after a Jeep and semi-truck collided.
PALM SPRINGS, CA — All eastbound lanes of I-10 have reopened after an SUV slammed into a tractor-trailer hauling a mobile home on Interstate 10 in Palm Springs Tuesday, but it was unclear whether anyone was injured.
The collision happened just before 9 a.m. on eastbound I-10 at North Gene Autry Trail, according to the California Highway Patrol. Lanes were reopened shortly before 11 a.m., according to CHP.
The Jeep impacted the semi, towing a mobile home trailer, and ended up underneath it. The extent of injuries were unclear.
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Palm Springs Fire Department crews were sent to the location and provided treatment at the scene.
There was no immediate word on whether anyone was taken to a hospital.
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CHP officers shut down at least two eastbound lanes and the Gene Autry entrance ramp while the wreckage was removed. As of 10:15 a.m., the lane closures had been lifted, but the ramp was still closed.
CHP would continue to investigate the crash.
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