News From Around The County
Writer’s note: I have definitely caught a lot of grief over an earlier version of this report that referenced the victim as being “elderly”. Although the reference has since been removed, it can still be seen in the title of some of my earlier Facebook shares. This was an update to my original story. The CHP officer I originally spoke with could not […]
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MEAD VALLEY – A solo-vehicle hit and run traffic collision left an Edison power pole sheered in half and a vehicle abandoned and running in the 20500 block of Oleander Avenue in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley early Saturday, Mar. 11. The incident was reported to the California Highway Patrol emergency communications center at about 5:40 a.m. by a caller […]
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On-Scene Photographs and Video: Miguel Shannon & R. Rippy / Epicenter News HEMET – A Hemet Police K9 handler and a driver suspected of being under the influence were both injured in a traffic collision on Thursday, Mar. 3, when a patrol vehicle was rear-ended while stopped at a red light. The accident occurred at 2:18 a.m, according to a press release from Hemet […]
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Trevor Montgomery MURRIETA – Toxicology reports from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office and a press release recently issued from the Murrieta Police Department have finally begun to shed new light into a fatal accident in Murrieta that took the lives of three young Hemet residents. The coroner’s office identified the three teens killed in the fatal traffic collision […]
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Trevor Montgomery MORENO VALLEY – A two car collision in Moreno Valley sent five people to the hospital with moderate to major injuries on February 20. One victim was trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extricated by firefighters using the jaws of life. The Riverside Sheriff’s emergency communications center received several 911 calls regarding the major injury traffic […]
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SAN JACINTO – A two-car traffic collision on Tuesday, Feb. 16, ripped a car completely in half and brought emergency first responders from multiple local agencies rushing to the scene. The accident left both cars totally destroyed, with debris spread across all lanes of traffic. The collision, which was reported just after 8 p.m., occurred at the intersection of West Ramona Expressway […]
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Trevor Montgomery JURUPA VALLEY – Officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying a vehicle and driver involved in a fatal hit and run traffic collision that took the life of an elderly pedestrian on Monday, Feb. 8. The fatal accident occurred at 12:01 a.m., when a car struck a pedestrian who was crossing the roadway in the 3000 block […]
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Trevor Montgomery Sorrento, LA – Louisiana State Police Troopers are investigating a fatal, single-vehicle traffic collision that occurred on Eastbound Interstate 10 in Ascension Parish, LA. The Feb. 3 crash took the life of James Rodgers, 25, of San Jacinto and Wanda Kinchloe, 58, of Hemet. A Report submitted by State Police stated that at about 6:30 p.m., Rodgers was […]
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Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source On-Scene reporting and photography Miguel Shannon / Epicenter News HEMET – A minor injury traffic collision that occurred at the intersection of Florida Ave. and Gilbert St. sent one person to the hospital and left one vehicle with major damage. The victim was reportedly transported to a local area hospital with minor injuries. Hemet Police, […]
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MORENO VALLEY – A mechanical failure on a Riverside County Sheriff’s transportation bus caused the temporary shutdown of the Interstate 60 freeway while deputies transferred inmates from the broken-down bus to a second bus that was sent to the location to assist. The bus broke down at about 4:00 p.m., after suffering an unspecified mechanical failure that caused it to […]
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