[08-03-2024] San Bernardino County, CA – Two People Injured Following Hit-And-Run Collision in Twentynine Palms

Two people were injured following a hit-and-run collision in Twentynine Palms on Saturday evening, August 3, 2024.

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, the incident happened just before 7:30 p.m. along Twentynine Palms Highway near Ocotillo Avenue.

Deputies said that a white Buick was traveling eastbound along the highway at speeds that reportedly reached 100 mph before colliding with a black truck. Witnesses then told the authorities that the Buick driver, later identified as Deborah J., appeared to have been intoxicated. 

She allegedly got into the passenger seat of her own car and pounded on the windows of the truck she hit, asking to be let in. When the occupants of the black truck did not oblige, she returned to the driver’s seat and fled the scene.

A witness reported that they managed to follow the hit-and-run driver and promptly provided her location to dispatch. Deborah J. was then contacted by the deputies, who took her to Hi-Desert Medical for treatment after she sustained unspecified injuries as a result of the accident. After that, she was put into questioning, where she confessed her fault.

The driver of the black truck also suffered injuries and received on-scene medical treatment. The passenger, meanwhile, was said to be uninjured.

Meanwhile, Deborah J. was arrested on suspicion of injury hit-and-run. Authorities have yet to confirm whether she was indeed intoxicated at the time of the crash.

Investigations are underway.