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UPDATED: Monday, Jan. 28, 10:45 a.m., With coroner’s release of information. MENIFEE — Officials have identified a local resident who died after being partially ejected in a rollover traffic collision in Menifee, early Sunday morning, Jan. 27. The driver of the car that overturned was uninjured in the single-vehicle crash that happened on Domenigoni Pkwy, just east of Lindenberger Rd. […]
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MENIFEE — Authorities are investigating a chain reaction, rollover traffic collision that happened in Menifee this morning, Friday, Jan 5. The minor-injury crash, which left one vehicle upside down on its roof and sent one person to the hospital, happened at the intersection of Newport and Evans roads. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Not guilty plea after Menifee road rage […]
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HEMET — A wanted probationer was arrested after nearly plowing head-on into a sheriff deputy and his canine companion in Hemet before crashing into a field early Tuesday morning, Jan 15. Jail records indicate the alleged suspect was charged with injuring the K-9 who assisted in the man’s apprehension, but officials have not yet specified the nature or extent of […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Jan. 13, 1 p.m. See original story, video, and photos below. Family and friends have identified a young man who died after crashing into a tree on Hwy. 74, near Black Burn Rd., about a quarter-mile west of the Cranston Fire Station. The fatal crash that injured two others happened Friday night, Jan. 11. The victim has since […]
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HEMET — A woman was hospitalized after another driver in a pickup truck ran a Hemet stop sign and plowed into her small sedan earlier this afternoon, Thursday, Jan. 3. The man reportedly told officers he was distracted when he failed to stop at the four-way, stop sign-controlled intersection of S. Palm and W. Acacia avenues. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: […]
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HOMELAND — Five people were seriously injured and twenty-one residents from six homes were evacuated after a car careened out of control, rolled several times, and severed a main gas line in Homeland Saturday evening, Dec. 29. The solo-vehicle accident happened along a sweeping “S” curve in the 32500 block of Highway 74, near Panorama Cove mobile home park. LEADING […]
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HEMET — An allegedly intoxicated man was arrested after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into the pumps of a Hemet gas station Christmas eve, Dec. 24. The driver had two children in the car with him when he crashed, but the children were not injured in the collision. LEADING THE HEMET-AREA HEADLINES: Christmas eve kitchen fire displaces two […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Dec. 17, 1:20 p.m., With additional information and details from RSO. PERRIS — Additional details have been released after a Homeland teen struck two pedestrians, early Sunday morning, Dec. 16. One of the two pedestrians died as a result of the collision, and was the second pedestrian killed by a motorist in the Menifee and Perris area in […]
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HEMET — Two people were displaced after their home was destroyed when a stolen pickup truck plowed into the couple’s residence Sunday evening, Dec. 9. Although three of the occupants from the truck fled from the scene, area residents who heard the crash managed to chase down and detain at least one female. Witnesses later said the female – who […]
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HEMET — Details are beginning to emerge after a Hemet man led Hemet police officers on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit yesterday afternoon, Thursday, Dec. 6. The chase wound its way through residential neighborhoods and along city streets, where the fleeing man crashed multiple times before he was apprehended after attempting to flee on foot from, and then fighting with, pursuing […]
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