News From Around The County
RIVERSIDE – A pedestrian died after he was hit by a vehicle in the area of Columbia Avenue west of Mulberry Street Saturday, Oct. 1. After the accident the driver of the sedan fled the scene, leaving the victim dying in the roadway. The Riverside Police Department’s Dispatch Center received several calls from citizens reporting the vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision at […]
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The driver of the Toyota that caused the nearly head-on collision sustained major traumatic injuries. She was later arrested for DUI. Aric Bell photo HEMET – A woman sustained major injuries when a vehicle she was driving drifted into the opposing lanes of traffic and collided nearly head on with a vehicle occupied by a family of five, according to […]
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WILDOMAR – A Cal Fire/Riverside County fire engine sustained major damage while working on a traffic collision call when it was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 15 in Wildomar Sunday morning, Oct. 2. Firefighters were providing medical aid for those injured in the first collision when it was struck from behind. The first accident was reported just before 7 a.m. Paramedic Engine E-94 from the City of Lake […]
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The wrecked motorcycle as seen in an image from NBC4 Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES – A local motorcyclist was killed in an early morning accident after colliding with a Metro Expo Line west of downtown Los Angeles Monday, Sept. 26. The deadly collision happened at a rail crossing in the area of Washington Boulevard, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Matthew King. The train operator […]
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WRITERS NOTE: THE NAME OF THE DRIVER, WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY A WITNESS AT THE SCENE AND THE DRIVER’S WIFE, HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS REPORT, PENDING VERIFICATION AND RELEASE FROM THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. WRITERS NOTE #2: A PREVIOUS VERSION OF THIS REPORT INCLUDED A STATEMENT FROM THE WIFE OF THE DRIVER INVOLVED IN THIS COLLISION. THAT STATEMENT AND HER […]
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HEMET – A three vehicle traffic accident forced the closure of at least two roads Monday, Sept. 26. The accident happened at the intersection of Devonshire Avenue and Meyers Street. Hemet police officers, City of Hemet firefighters, and American Medical Response emergency medical technicians responded to the accident that was dispatched at 2:50 p.m. The first fire engine company and AMR […]
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UPDATE: 09/26/206 1:35 p.m. SAN JACINTO – More facts are emerging about a fatal two vehicle traffic accident that happened on Sanderson Avenue Sunday, September 25. The accident occurred north of Ramona Expressway and south of Gilman Springs Road in San Jacinto. The deadly accident happened at 2:45 a.m. The driver of a Toyota truck that was struck by an out of control Ford […]
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MENIFEE – A motorcyclist died Friday, Sept. 23 in an early morning solo-vehicle motorcycle accident when he crashed his customized Harley Davidson on Newport Road just west of Haun Road in Menifee. The victim was later identified by coroner’s officials as Casey Ivey, 41, of Winchester. The coroner’s release indicated Ivey’s time of injury was 12:55 a.m. He died nearly three hours later at 3:35 […]
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Firefighters assess the damage to the sedan and bus involved in the collision. Miguel Shannon photo HEMET – A traffic collision between a Hemet Unified school bus and a passenger vehicle this morning left one person injured and backed up traffic for about an hour. The accident happened at the intersection of Sanderson and Devonshire Avenues. CHP officers, Hemet police officers, City of […]
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Cal Fire/Riverside County and Cal Fire/Yucaipa firefighters responded to the rollover accident. William Hayes photo REDLANDS – California Highway Patrol officers and Firefighters from two different counties responded to reports of a solo vehicle rollover traffic collision on San Timoteo Canyon Road, between Live Oak Canyon Road and Redlands Boulevard Wednesday, Sept. 21. The road where the accident happened is located in an unincorporated […]
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