INDIO (CNS) - Authorities Tuesday identified a pedestrian who was fatally struck by a semi-truck on a freeway in Indio last night.
The Riverside County coroner's office identified the victim as 40-year- old Blanca Quevedo of Thermal.
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Fire crews responded to Eastbound Interstate 10 near Jackson Street in Indio shortly after 10 p.m. Monday to a report of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle, according to the Riverside County Fire Department
The pedestrian was struck by a semi-truck and died at the scene, fire officials said. Officers from Indio's California Highway Patrol office were investigating the death.
According to the coroner's office, Quevedo was injured at 10:04 p.m. and succumbed to her injuries at 10:15 p.m. Monday.
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