UPDATED: LA CRESTA: Couple killed in solo-vehicle, fiery wreck ID’d

UPDATED: Friday, Oct. 21, 11:50 p.m.

LA CRESTA — Officials have identified a local couple who died in a single-vehicle, fiery wreck in the unincorporated community of La Cresta. Both victims died Monday, Oct. 16, after their vehicle crashed into a metal speaker intercom and two brick pillars at the front gate of private, residential property.

The deadly crash happened on the 20000 block of Avenida De Arboles, between Palo Alto Lane and Corte Jurado.

Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified 52-year-old, Dennis Carver and 54-year-old, Lorraine Carver as the couple killed in the fiery crash.

The accident reportedly happened when for an unknown reason, the driver, later identified as Dennis Carver, allowed the couple’s 2010 Mercedes-Benz sedan to leave the roadway along a sweeping curve on Avenida De Arboles, just north of Palo Alto Lane.

CHP’s investigation into the deadly wreck is active and ongoing.

 

ORIGINAL STORY: LA CRESTA: Two killed in solo-vehicle, fiery wreck

LA CRESTA — Two people died after they were involved in a single-vehicle, fiery crash late Monday evening, Oct. 16. The deadly accident happened on the 20000 block of Avenida De Arboles, along a sweeping curve between Palo Alto Lane and Corte Jurado, in the unincorporated community of La Cresta, according to California Highway Patrol and Cal Fire officials.

Neither victim has been identified, pending further investigation and notification of the victim’s families.

CHP officers and Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters responded to the accident shortly before 11 p.m., after a passing motorist called 911 to report the fatal crash.

When Highway Patrol and fire officials arrived at the scene, they located a 2010 Mercedes-Benz sedan that had crashed into a metal speaker intercom and two brick pillars at the front gate of private, residential property.

When the car crashed, “it caught on fire and became fully engulfed,” according to CHP Public Information Officer Mike Lassig.

While fire officials extinguished the vehicle blaze, CHP investigated the cause of the deadly crash.

During their investigation, CHP determined the victim’s vehicle had been traveling northbound on Avenida De Arboles, north of Palo Alto Lane, just before the crash.

The collision happened when the vehicle entered into a left curve in the roadway and for an unknown reason, the driver allowed the Mercedes-Benz to leave the east edge of the roadway, where it crashed into the pillars and burst into flames, said Lassig.

Both the 52-year-old male driver and his 54-year-old female passenger sustained fatal injuries as a result of this traffic collision, said Lassig. It was not immediately known how or if the pair were related.

Officials have not yet determined the vehicle’s speed at the time of the deadly crash and CHP’s investigation into the collision is active and ongoing.

 

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Trevor Montgomery, who recently moved from Riverside County to Shasta County, runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for Riverside County based newspapers Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident.

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with other locations.