Driver in crash that injured 8 Torres-Martinez members attending a wake will not be charged, officials say

Dec 30, 20190

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Officials inspect a vehicle after it had crashed into the tribal hall of a church in Thermal on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. (Photo: Shane Newell/The Desert Sun)

The driver of a Jeep that crashed into the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians' tribal hall Thursday night, resulting in the injury of eight people, has not been arrested and will not be criminally charged, law enforcement officials said Friday.

Officer Jackie Quintero, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman, said a CHP officer on the scene of the Thursday night crash put the driver through a standard DUI investigation, but it was determined the driver was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash.

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