News From Around The County
UPDATED: Friday, Feb. 5, 12 p.m., With victim update, arrest details, other information. Originally Published: Thursday, Jan. 28, 11:50 p.m. MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Authorities who are continuing to investigate the cause of a traffic accident in Moreno Valley Thursday evening, Jan. 28, have updated that a 6-year-old girl who was inside the vehicle when the crash happened and was […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — An elderly man was killed when he was struck by a pickup truck in Riverside early Tuesday evening, Feb. 2. The victim was struck while trying to cross Indiana Avenue, just west of Jefferson Street. Tragically, he was only about 250 feet from the nearest marked crosswalk when he was fatally struck, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Jan. 29, 2:16 p.m., With release of coroner’s information, other details. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say a man was killed and two women were seriously injured when their vehicle lost control and smashed into a tree in Riverside late Saturday evening, Jan. 23. The deadly crash happened in the area of Arlington and Riverside avenues, according to Riverside […]
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HEMET, Calif. — A man escaped injury after losing control of his vehicle and careening into a telephone pole, before hitting a parked pickup truck around noon yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 21. The accident, which sheared the pole in half, destroyed the involved vehicle, and damaged the parked truck, happened on State Street south of Esplanade Avenue in Hemet. LEADING THE […]
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HIGHGROVE, Calif. — A man who lost control of his vehicle and knocked down a gas station sign before plowing into a pump, knocking the pump from its foundation and causing a fuel spill, was later arrested after he was determined to have been driving while intoxicated late last night, Sunday, Jan. 17. The minor injury, solo-vehicle traffic accident happened at […]
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MEAD VALLEY, Calif. — Three men, including one who was ejected, were hospitalized at the end of a dangerous, high-speed pursuit of a stolen pickup truck Tuesday, Jan. 12. The chase ended when a CHP officer utilized a pursuit intervention (PIT) maneuver near Lake Mathews. The chase lasted more than an hour and began on the eastbound 60 Freeway west […]
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VALLE VISTA, Calif. — Officials today are continuing to investigate the cause of a four-vehicle chain-reaction crash that left one person dead and three others injured in Valle Vista Saturday afternoon, Jan. 9. The deadly accident, which according to witnesses was possibly caused by speeding and reckless driving, happened on Ramona Expressway/Mountain Avenue, about 400 feet north of Cedar Avenue. […]
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PERRIS, Calif. — A mother of four has died after she and her four children were involved in a head-on, rollover crash involving two vehicles in Perris early New Year’s Eve, Thursday, Dec. 31. Officials have said a total of six people were hospitalized after the collision and that the driver who caused the crash was later arrested for DUI […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 7, 6 p.m., With traffic condition update and other information. BURNEY, Calif. — A tractor-trailer combo that jack-knifed and crashed in heavy fog along SR-89 overnight led to multiple calls and confusion about the big-rig’s location, as well as an hours-long citizen-led search for its driver throughout the early morning hours today, Thursday, Jan. 7. The accident […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Jan. 2, 3:35 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. Originally Published: Thursday, Dec. 31, 1:32 p.m. PERRIS, Calif. — Authorities say a woman was killed after a two-vehicle crash involving a passenger vehicle and tractor-trailer combo in Perris Wednesday morning, Dec. 30. The accident led to a lengthy rescue operation after the victim’s car crashed into the big-rig’s […]
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