Category: Traffic Accidents/Collisions

PERRIS: Woman, 38, fatally hit crossing Ramona Expressway

CORRECTED: Due to discrepancy in Sheriff’s press release regarding date of occurrence PERRIS — Another victim was fatally struck while crossing a busy Riverside County roadway, Monday night, Apr. 2. The deadly accident happened on Ramona Expressway west of Perris Boulevard in Perris, according to police and coroner officials. According to sheriff’s officials the victim, identified only as a 38-year-old Perris resident, was not […]

Read more

HEMET: Menifee man arrested in fatal hit and run that killed new father

HEMET — A man who fled the scene after fatally hitting a 20-year-old skateboarder on Florida Avenue, late Wednesday night, Mar. 28, has been arrested, according to Hemet police officials who announced the man’s arrest earlier today. After hitting the victim, who was later identified as Juan “Johnny” Cuevas Jr., of Hemet, the driver never slowed down and continued eastbound on Florida Avenue,  […]

Read more

LAKE ELSINORE: Popular “motovlogger” dies riding Ortega Highway

LAKE ELSINORE — An Irvine motorcyclist, popular online “motovlogger” and well-known face among southern California sport bike enthusiasts died Saturday morning, Mar. 31, after losing control of her motorcycle while traveling on Highway 74. The deadly crash happened east of Morrell Canyon, in an unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore. The stretch of highway, also known as the Ortega Highway, passes through the Santa Ana Mountains and connects Riverside and […]

Read more

UPDATED: Man, 18, arrested for DUI after car lands upside down on preschool building

UPDATED: Saturday, Mar. 31, 9:30 p.m. WILDOMAR — An 18-year-old man officials allege was intoxicated when a vehicle he was driving soared off Bundy Canyon Road and landed upside down on the roof of a preschool classroom was arrested after deputies tracked him to his residence. The accident, that reportedly destroyed a portable building, happened late Friday night, Mar. 30. Emergency first responders […]

Read more

PALM DESERT: One hospitalized after vehicle plunges off Hwy. 74

PALM DESERT — A motorist had to be cut free from their wrecked vehicle after plunging down a steep and rugged embankment along Hwy. 74, in an unincorporated area south of Palm Desert earlier tonight. The victim was hospitalized with moderate injuries, according to fire officials. Emergency first responders were dispatched to an area near Hwy. 74’s Mile Marker 89 along the Roy […]

Read more

HEMET: Two hospitalized after head-on wreck

HEMET — Reports of a head-on injury traffic collision involving two vehicles and a motorcycle brought emergency first responders from five area agencies rushing to the scene last night. Although officials determined no motorcycle had been involved in the collision, two drivers were injured and both were hospitalized after the crash. SEE ALSO: HEMET: Victim ID’d after 2-vehicle rollover wreck […]

Read more

HEMET: Suspected drunk driver hospitalized after plowing into RR crossing signal

HEMET — In spite of several 911 calls reporting a suspected drunk driver, officials did not arrive in the area in time to stop a man from being injured when he smashed head-on into a railroad crossing signal and barrier arm earlier tonight. The wreck, which sent the vehicle’s driver to the hospital, happened at a railroad crossing on S. Sanderson Avenue, just south of Wentworth Drive […]

Read more

UPDATED: New details after Mountain Center man, 76, killed in Hwy 74 motorcycle wreck

UPDATED: Monday, Mar. 26, 2 a.m. MOUNTAIN CENTER — Officials have released some additional details regarding the victim killed last Friday evening, Mar. 24. The deadly crash happened along westbound Highway 74 just east of Scenic Drive, in the Pinyon Pines area of Mountain Center. In a partial coroner’s release, Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified the victim killed in the crash as […]

Read more

UPDATE #3: HEMET: Victim ID’d after 2-vehicle, rollover wreck and ejection kills 1, injures 3

UPDATED: Sunday, Mar. 25, 8:30 p.m. HEMET — Officials have identified a man who died after a two-vehicle, rollover traffic collision last night. The deadly accident happened on Ramona Expressway/Mountain Avenue, between N. Hemet and N. Soboba Streets, in Hemet. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Timothy Gibbons, 23, of Hemet, as the passenger of a Ford Focus who died in the wreck. A coroner’s release indicated […]

Read more

UPDATED: Lake Elsinore man, 33, killed in two-vehicle, head-on wreck ID’d

UPDATED: Monday, Mar. 26, 1:20 a.m. LAKE ELSINORE — Officials have identified a man killed in a two-vehicle, head-on collision in Lake Elsinore, last Thursday morning, Mar. 22 Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Joshua Brownell, 33, of Lake Elsinore, as the driver who died in the wreck. According to a coroner’s release, the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene of the […]

Read more
1 … 104 105 106 107 108 … 152