CHERRY VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- One person is dead and one person is hurt after a crash involving a Riverside County sheriff's deputy in Cherry Valley on Saturday.

According to California Highway Patrol, a 41-year-old deputy from the Cabazon Station was responding to a call for service with emergency lights and sirens on just after 10 a.m., driving westbound on Cherry Valley Boulevard in his Ford Explorer patrol vehicle.

That's when a Tesla Model 3 made a left turn from Roberts Street onto Cherry Valley -- into the deputy's path. The deputy then slammed into the Tesla.

The 21-year-old driver of the Tesla, identified by CHP as Gavin Hinkey, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 20-year-old female passenger from Cherry Valley was taken to the hospital with major injuries.

CHP said the dep

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