News From Around The County
BEAUMONT – An early morning accident involving a big-rig tractor-trailer semi-truck and a four-door hatchback injured three people from inside the hatchback. The collision occurred on the I-10 freeway, near the Oak Valley Parkway overpass. Traffic was reportedly backed up and moving at a crawl; as crews worked to free the victims from the wrecked hatchback and clean up debris […]
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HEMET – A hit and run traffic collision this morning, Saturday, April 23, left one victim trapped inside their destroyed vehicle, requiring firefighters to perform a cut and rescue operation to free the motorist. The T-bone, hit and run collision reportedly occurred in the intersection of Sanderson and Stetson Avenues and left the two vehicles and debris strewn across Stetson […]
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UPDATE: 04/23/2016 12:06 a.m. MORENO VALLEY – An off-duty police officer helped save the life of a child on April 20, who had reportedly suffered a near-drowning incident in the 15000 block of La Casa Drive in Moreno Valley. Emergency communications dispatchers were first notified about the incident about 5:30 p.m. The child, described only as 8-years-old, was reportedly […]
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UPDATED: 04/22/2016 11:30 p.m. PERRIS – A skydiver sustained “moderate injuries” on Thursday afternoon, April 21, after suffering what Riverside County Fire/Cal Fire Public Information Officer April Newman described as a “parachute malfunction.” The victim was transported to an area hospital but was expected to survive, according to Newman. The skydiver reportedly went down at the Perris Airfield, located at 2091 Goetz […]
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HEMET – A vehicle has reportedly rolled over onto its side on a Hemet street, near Garland Way and Kirby Street. The driver of the rolled vehicle, described as a white Dodge pickup truck, was temporarily trapped inside the wreckage. He was eventually able to pull himself from the truck, which some 911 callers initially claimed or believed had caught fire. […]
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HORSE THIEF CANYON – A toddler has been transported to a local hospital with major injuries after suffering a near-drowning incident in a residential swimming pool, according to fire officials. Firefighters and paramedics rushed to the report of a pediatric drowning incident in the 13100 block of Bay Meadows Court, near Horse Thief Canyon Road. The residence is located in the […]
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LAKE ELSINORE – A two year-old child is hospitalized in critical condition after suffering critical injuries in a near-drowning incident on Sunday, April 3, according to Riverside County Sheriff Sergeant Todd Grimm. The medical emergency occurred at about 4:30 p.m., in the 31000 block of Hyacinth Court. Deputies and other emergency first responders rushed to the location after receiving a 911 call regarding […]
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RIVERSIDE – A student pilot practicing landing maneuvers in a helicopter at the Riverside Municipal Airport suffered what fire officials termed a “hard landing”, earlier today, Mar. 17. The hard landing caused the helicopter to roll over onto it’s side. There were no reported injuries, according to a press release from the Riverside Fire Department. . . Fire personnel and other […]
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UPDATED: 2/15 @ 10 a.m. Writer’s note: An earlier version of this report listed the area where the vehicle and deceased were found as Valle Vista. The incident actually occurred in the unincorporated area of East Hemet. TM EAST HEMET – Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet-Valle Vista Sheriff’s Station located a woman just before 8 p.m., after […]
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Trevor Montgomery CORONA – A man found unresponsive inside a rented van that contained a note warning of a bomb and “deadly gas” inside the vehicle led to the evacuation of a nearby school, apartment complex, and mobile home park. The incident also forced the closure of several nearby streets and lasted over eight hours. In addition to hundreds of students […]
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