Crash on Ocotillo Wells Ohv Recreation Area at Old Mine Road in Imperial County, California

Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM

Fatal crash1 vehicle
Reporting agency
CHP El Centro Area
Report number
9625-2025-00600

From the CHP CCRS, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.

Where and when

Location
Ocotillo Wells Ohv Recreation Area at Old Mine Road
City, county
Imperial County
Collision type
Hit Object
Motor vehicle involved with
Fixed Object
Primary collision factor cited
No
Weather
Clear
Light
Dusk-Dawn
Road surface
Other*
Hit and run
No
People involved
3
Injured
1
Killed
1

Vehicles and people

Damage area not recorded

Unit 1: 2024 Can-Am Maverick

Black All Terrain Vehicle

Damage recorded
Vehicle towed
Direction of travel
East
Maneuver
Other Unsafe Turning
  • Other, male, 36Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Not Required
    Not injured
  • Other, male, 36Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Not Required
    Minor injury
  • Passenger, female, under 18Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Not Required
    Fatal

What the officer recorded

Violation cited
VC 23152(a) DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCEas recorded on the report
Unit 1 violation cited
VC SECTION VIOLATED - VC 38314as recorded on the report

A contributing factor or charge recorded by an officer is not a finding of fault or a conviction. We show the record as the state released it.

Nearby and recent

No other crashes are recorded within 2 km in the 30 days either side of this one.

About this record

Source
CHP CCRS
Updates
Changes the state makes to this record are applied here when the source publishes them
First published here
October 25, 2026
Last updated
October 25, 2026, no changes recorded
What is left out
Names, addresses, plates, and license and insurance numbers are not in the public data and never appear here

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