Four Trapped in Palm Desert After Electrical Vault Struck Above by Vehicle

Four Trapped in Palm Desert After Electrical Vault Struck Above by Vehicle

Four people were stuck in a hotel elevator Saturday after a commercial vehicle struck an above-ground electrical vault and cut power in Palm Desert. The crash was reported at 6:17 p.m. Saturday in the 74000 block of Highway 111, at Portola Avenue, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The crash resulted in a power outage that stopped the hotel elevator. Firefighters had to free the people stuck inside, fire officials said. Neither t…