Motorcycle Crash claims Marine's life in Palm Springs

Crash claims Marine's life in Palm Springs
Aug 20, 2012
Written by
Denise Goolsby
The Desert Sun

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joshua Vielstich shows off his Marine uniform in this undated photo.
Courtesy photo

Palm Springs — A Marine from the Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms was identified Sunday as the man killed over the weekend in a motorcycle crash in Palm Springs.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joshua Vielstich, 21, of Draper, Utah, was killed around 8:15 p.m. Saturday when his motorcycle rear-ended a sedan on westbound I-10, about a mile west of North Indian Canyon Drive, according to the Riverside County coroner's office.

He died at the scene.

Vielstich was aboard his beloved 2010 Yamaha R1 with his close friend and Marine buddy Lance Cpl. Sergio Martinez when the crash happened, his father, Craig Vielstich, said.

“They just went to Palm Springs to do some clothes shopping and were on their way back to base,” his father said.
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