News From Around The County
WINCHESTER — A motorcyclist died when the rider lost control of their motorcycle on a sweeping curve Sunday morning, July 23. The accident happened on Winchester Road near Stratton Drive in Winchester. The rider was with a group of other motorcyclists when the victim’s motorcycle left the roadway and went down an embankment. The rider was ejected from the motorcycle and died […]
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UPDATED: Monday, July 24, 4:45 p.m. HEMET — Officials reported this morning that a mother who died in a head-on collision Thursday, July 20, showed signs she may have been under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs when she allowed her car to drift into the path of another oncoming car. The deadly wreck happened on Stetson Avenue near the Hemet Ryan […]
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UPDATE: Saturday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. With Coroner’s identification Riverside County Sheriff’s-Coroner’s officials have identified the person killed in Friday morning’s fatal, two vehicle, head on collision as 57-year old Brian Crabtree of Hemet. Crabtree died at the scene of the accident at 6:26 a.m., about thirteen minutes after the accident was reported. UPDATE: Friday, July 14, 12 p.m. With additional photos and […]
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EAST HEMET — Two people who were sleeping inside their car on an East Hemet area street were jolted awake when two men dragged the driver out of the vehicle and began to beat, punch and kick him during an attempted carjacking early this morning, Friday, July 14. One person was apprehended after the attempted carjacking, that happened in the 42000 […]
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UPDATE: Wednesday, June 7, 6:30 p.m. HEMET — Officials have identified a man killed in a two-vehicle, head-on crash Wednesday morning, June 7. The deadly wreck happened on Highway 74 – which is also known as Florida Avenue within the City of Hemet city limits – at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Lake Street. The deadly wreck was the second […]
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SAN JACINTO — A bicyclist died after being struck by a car and then a pickup truck Tuesday evening, June 6. The fatal accident happened along a dark section of San Jacinto Avenue near Shaver Street in San Jacinto. The same section of road has been the site of several other recent major and fatal collisions. Last night’s fatal accident […]
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WRITER’S NOTE: As this is a breaking story, many names, details and the final outcome are not yet known. As this story develops, I will be posting updates, with as much information as possible. UPDATE: June 6, 1 p.m. In an e-mail response from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Media Information Bureau, a sheriff’s official confirmed that deputies responded to and […]
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HEMET — A reportedly unstable man who was armed with a knife and hammer while holding the knife to his own throat was safely apprehended without incident Sunday, June 4. The subject, who was heard by City of Hemet emergency dispatchers yelling that he wanted to die, was taken into custody at the Devonshire Downs Mobile Home park at 260 N. […]
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Timothy Franzese of Public Safety Incidents contributed to this report. HEMET — Reports of a fiery wreck in Hemet brought emergency first responders from multiple agencies rushing to the scene Saturday, June 3. The crash, which caused one vehicle to burst into flames, happened at the intersection of Domenigoni and Searl Parkways in Hemet. The accident happened at the […]
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UPDATED: June 3, 7:30 p.m. SAN JACINTO — Firefighters have contained a vegetation blaze that burned for about nine hours and charred nearly 30 acres near Soboba Road in an unincorporated area of San Jacinto. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer Tawny Cabral updated that the fire had been contained shortly before 9 p.m. Officials have not provided any other updates […]
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