A 42-year-old Seal Beach man was killed after his ATV overturned in the desert near the Calico Ghost Town, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that Michael Donofrio was driving his 2008 Polaris RZR in the desert when he lost control and the vehicle rolled onto the driver’s side. Donofrio and his passenger, a Buena Park man, righted the vehicle and drove back to their camp. Investigators said that Donofrio then got out of the vehicle and lay down; his passenger called 911 and Donofrio was taken to the Barstow Community Hospital, where he died about an hour later.
The San Bernardino coroner’s office is conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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