An autopsy was pending Tuesday on a driver who died after experiencing an unspecified medical emergency on eastbound Interstate 10 in Whitewater.
Officers responded to a report of a possible motorist driving under the influence shortly before 2 p.m. Monday east of the Whitewater crossing, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Officers later discovered the driver, whose identity was not revealed, was experiencing a medical emergency. The nature of the emergency was not immediately known.
The passenger in the vehicle, who was identified only as the driver’s wife, was able to safely pull the vehicle over onto the right shoulder of eastbound state Route 62.
Emergency crews arrived a short time later and performed live-saving measures, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.