A motorist was killed in Indio Tuesday when his truck went off a four-lane road and plowed into trees.
The fatality occurred just before 8 a.m. on Varner Road, just west of Washington Street, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The agency said the truck, which appeared to be a construction vehicle, was going westbound on Varner went it veered off the roadway and slammed into a stand of tamarisk trees.
No other vehicles were involved.
Riverside County Fire Department paramedics reached the location minutes later and pronounced the victim, whose identity was not immediately released, dead at the scene.
CHP officers shut down Varner in both directions to conduct a preliminary investigation and clear the wreckage. As of 10:40 a.m., the closure remained in effect.
Anyone with information about the crash was asked to contact the Indio CHP office at 760-772-5300.