The driver of the Nissan was identified as Esteban Trevino, 21 of Coachella. Trevino was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol/and or drugs and taken to a local area hospital as a precaution, prior to being booked into the county jail in Indio.

The driver of the truck, Victor Manuel Gallegos (age 53 of Coachella) was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol/ and or drugs. Gallegos was taken to a local area hospital for a precaution prior to being booked into the Riverside County jail in Indio.

On January 31, 2015 at 7:00 PM, the Coachella Police Department located and arrested, Noel Cipriano Felix, age 28 of Coachella, in the 53000 block of Calle Los Hermanos, Coachella. During the month of September 2014, a felony hit and run with injury arrest warrant was issued for Felix for fleeing the scene of a traffic collision after he crashed his pickup truck into an occupied residence in the 86000 block of Palmeras Circle. An 8-year-juvenile who was sleeping inside the residence was immediately hospitalized following the September 6, 2014 incident.

According to Sgt. Adam Elders of the Coachella Police, on Monday, February 2, 2015, at 12:12 a.m., Coachella police officers responded to Leoco Ln. and Avenue 50 regarding a non-injury traffic collision.

Officers arrived and learned a Silver Kia Spectra sedan had collided with the curb of the roadway. No one was injured, but alcohol and/or drugs were a factor in the collision.

Mario Gomez, age 27 of Indio, and Cristian Adrian Luna Frias, age 20 of Thermal, were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Both were booked in the Riverside County jail in Indio.
•Five drivers were cited for driving without a valid driver’s license
•Three drivers were cited for driving with a suspended license
•One driver was arrested for a misdemeanor DUI warrant.
•Five vehicles were towed