Woman, Dog, Killed By Vehicle While Walking In Rural Desert Area

SKY VALLEY, CA — A 59-year-old pedestrian who was killed by a vehicle in Sky Valley, a rural unincorporated area near Desert Hot Springs, was identified Tuesday.

Cynthia Jensen, a Desert Hot Springs resident, was fatally struck about 8:20 p.m. Sunday on Dillon Road at Newport Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A silver Mercedes Benz GLK, being driven by a man from Sky Valley, was traveling at an unconfirmed speed eastbound on Dillon Road, west of Newport Road, when it hit Jensen, who was walking a dog within the eastbound lane of Dillon Road.

The vehicle struck the pedestrian and the dog.

Paramedics arrived a short time later and pronounced her and the dog dead at the scene.

Alcohol and/or drugs are not suspected to be a factor in the crash, the CHP said.