News From Around The County
PALM DESERT – A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle Monday, Nov. 7. The fatal accident happened on Hwy. 74 near the intersection of Desert Heights Circle in Palm Desert and was reported to Riverside County emergency dispatchers at 5:10 p.m. The victim’s name and age have been withheld by coroner’s officials pending identification and notification of her family. Deputies […]
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BIG BEAR – Few details have been released after a Hemet resident’s body was discovered in the San Bernardino National Forest early Sunday morning. CHP officials who conducted an accident investigation believe the victim crashed into a tree while riding his dirt bike, according to a release from the San Bernardino County Coroner’s office. The release indicated Joseph Zinck, 44, was […]
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HEMET – A woman was injured when she smashed through a power pole while driving on State Highway 74 near Cordoba Drive in Hemet Sunday, Nov. 6. She was transported to a local hospital after the accident with minor injuries. Hemet police and fire personnel and AMR medics responded to the collision after passing motorists reported the accident to City of […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Two motorists were injured in a two-vehicle, double rollover accident Friday, Nov. 4. The accident happened on Reche Canyon Road near Center Street in an unincorporated area north of Moreno Valley. The accident was reported to Riverside County emergency dispatchers at 8:10 a.m. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and other emergency first responders rushed to the location after […]
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CORONA – A man died when he was ejected from his truck in an early morning, rollover traffic accident Saturday, Oct. 29. The accident happened on Green River Road between Dominguez Ranch Road, south of the 91 freeway. The victim, described only as a 26-year-old male, has not yet been identified by coroner officials pending notification of the man’s family. The victim […]
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RIVERSIDE – A Riverside resident was killed when a vehicle pulled in front of a motorcycle they were riding Friday, Oct, 28. The deadly collision happened on Indiana Avenue west of Washington Street in the City of Riverside. Riverside police officers and firefighters responded to 911 calls reporting the vehicle versus motorcycle collision at about 9:30 a.m. When they arrived emergency first responders […]
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A coroner’s official waits as the victim’s car is recovered from the embankment. Miguel Shannon photo BANNING – Details are still emerging after a body was recovered from a car that was found over the side of the roadway and smashed into a tree along SR 243 near Lake Fulmor in Banning Thursday, Oct. 27. The area where the […]
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Eddie George of Hemet News and John Strangis of OnSceneTV contributed to this report. MORENO VALLEY – A truck hauling hay caused an early morning traffic collision involving four other vehicles Oct. 27. The accident – that left traffic backed up for miles – happened on the westbound Interstate 60 Freeway east of Moreno Valley. CHP officers responded to numerous […]
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SAN JACINTO – Riverside County Sheriff’s officials announced Wednesday, Oct. 26 that the department’s San Jacinto Police Station has been awarded a $60,000 Special Traffic Enforcement and Crash Prevention (STEP) grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The grant will fund a year-long program of special enforcement and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic related deaths and injuries. The San […]
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UPDATE: 10/23/2016 2 p.m. PALM SPRINGS, CA — 13 people were killed and as many as 31 victims were injured in a tour bus crash on the Interstate 10 Freeway north of Palm Springs just before sunrise Sunday morning, Oct. 23. The bus smashed into the back of a tractor-trailer semi-truck, according to CHP and fire officials. By late Sunday morning, […]
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