🌱 Deadly Highway 86 crash claims driver just outside Salton City
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- Deadly Highway 86 crash claims driver just outside Salton City
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 101 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 100, low: 69.
- Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 96 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Motorist Dies in Fiery Crash Outside Salton City (calexicochronicle.com) — A driver was killed early Friday, May 29, in a fiery crash on northbound Highway 86 just outside Salton City after their Toyota Tacoma rear-ended a tractor-trailer, according to the CHP. The pickup burst into flames and the driver died at the scene, while the truck driver was not injured as investigators continue to examine what caused the collision. 
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