News From Around The County
REDDING — Already on probation for a prior DUI, a Redding man was arrested again after losing control of his vehicle and mowing down two power poles late Thursday night, April 11. The downed poles caused the power lines to come down across the top of the vehicle, which sparked a small brush fire around the wrecked sedan. Last night’s […]
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HEMET — Two drivers were injured and one was hospitalized after a two vehicle, rollover traffic collision in Hemet Tuesday afternoon, April 9. Yesterday’s crash, which left one woman trapped inside her overturned vehicle, happened just north of the intersection of Florida and Lyon avenues. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Hemet man, 27, identified after fatal Hwy 74 crash Woman’s […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, April 9, 11 a.m., With coroner’s release of information. LAKE ELSINORE — A Hemet motorcyclist has been identified after a deadly motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon, April 7. The fatal accident happened on the Ortega Highway, two miles southwest of Grand Ave., in an unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore, according to CHP and Cal Fire. Sunday’s deadly crash was […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — A motorcyclist was killed in a deadly motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon, April 7. The fatal accident happened on the Ortega Highway, near the Upper San Juan Campground, in an unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore, according to CHP and Cal Fire. Sunday’s deadly crash was the first of two motorcycle-related fatalities to happen the same day along the […]
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WINCHESTER — Details are beginning to emerge, but many questions remain unanswered, after a woman’s body was found inside the charred remains of a vehicle in Winchester yesterday afternoon, Monday, April 8. The blaze ignited a small vegetation fire, which firefighters quickly extinguished, at which time they found the woman’s body. A CHP incident log indicated the fire began after […]
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UPDATED/CORRECTED: Monday, April 8, 10:45 a.m., to reflect correct location in Burney, not Cassel. BURNEY — Emergency personnel are at the scene of a solo-vehicle crash in an unincorporated area of Burney that was reported this morning, Monday, April 8. The accident, which involved a pickup truck pulling a 32-foot trailer, happened on SR-89, near Hat Creek Ln., according to […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was struck and killed while working along the side of the southbound I-15 near Nichols Rd., just north of Lake Elsinore earlier this afternoon, Saturday, April 6. The officer has already been identified by CHP as Sgt. Steve Licon. Early reports from the scene and a CHP incident log indicate the […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, April 6, 1:30 p.m., With additional details. HEMET — Details are beginning to emerge after a fatal traffic collision injured two people and left a third person dead in an unincorporated area east of Hemet this morning, Saturday, April 6. Coroner officials have been summoned to the scene of the deadly, two-vehicle crash, which happened at the intersection […]
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HEMET — A pizza delivery driver who lost control of his car and plowed into a telephone pole and knocked down a light standard in Hemet was uninjured early yesterday evening, April 5. The single-vehicle traffic collision happened on W. Stetson Ave., west of Palm Ave. LEADING THE HEMET AND SAN JACINTO HEADLINES: 2 adults & 2 boys hospitalized after […]
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SAN JACINTO — Four people, including two boys, were hospitalized after a two-vehicle “T-Bone” traffic collision at the intersection of Cottonwood and S. Lyon avenues in San Jacinto Thursday evening, April 4. Witnesses later reported that the driver who caused the crash when he ran a stop sign tried to flee, but collapsed in pain after his own injuries kept […]
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