News From Around The County
MEADOWBROOK — A reportedly intoxicated pedestrian died Tuesday evening, March 19, after he was struck while trying to cross Highway 74 in the rural community of Meadowbrook, between the cities of Perris and Lake Elsinore. The driver who struck and fatally injured the man did not stop and fled the scene of the collision, which CHP later said happened near […]
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HEMET — A driver escaped serious injury but the vehicle she was driving was totaled after the woman reportedly lost control, jumped a curb, and plowed head-on into a large tree in Hemet this morning, Sunday, March 24. The minor-injury crash happened on E. Menlo Ave., west of Buena Vista St. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: AZ man identified after fatal […]
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MONTGOMERY CREEK — No injuries were reported after an SUV careened off 299E, and ended up down an embankment, last night, Saturday, March 23. The non-injury accident happened near Moose Camp Rd., in the Montgomery Creek area. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Family grieving after crash kills Australian native, Shasta College student, 21 Man arrested after threatening to shoot girlfriend, […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Authorities are investigating the hit and run death of a 56-year-old Riverside man, who died in Jurupa Valley after he was struck by a motorist who then fled the scene. The deadly collision happened early Saturday morning, March 23, on Van Buren Blvd., 75 ft north of Jurupa Rd., according to officials investigating the man’s death. Riverside […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, March 23, 6 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. SAN JACINTO — Officials have identified a man who died when his Top Fuel dragster crashed during yesterday’s opening day of races at San Jacinto’s Soboba Sand Drags. The deadly crash happened on a specially prepared dirt track in the 23300 block of Soboba Rd. Friday afternoon, March 22. […]
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DESERT CENTER — Authorities remain at the scene of a wreck involving an overturned tractor-trailer big-rig that forced a SigAlert and is continuing to cause delays of several hours on the eastbound I-10. The rollover crash, which may have involved a second vehicle, happened near Red Cloud Mine Rd/Exit 182, this morning, Saturday, March 23, according to a CHP incident […]
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MURRIETA — A 50-year-old, Murrieta resident died in a fiery, solo-vehicle crash after his SUV plowed at high-speed into a freeway overpass pillar yesterday morning, Thursday, March 21. According to CHP, witnesses later reported the victim was possibly trying to pass a tractor-trailer big-rig when he suddenly veered onto the shoulder of the southbound Interstate 15 and plowed into the […]
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HEMET — Authorities are continuing to search for a man who managed to elude apprehension earlier this afternoon, Wednesday, March 20. The as-yet unidentified suspect fled from officers – first in a vehicle and then on foot into a Hemet mobile home park – after crashing into another car at the intersection of W. Latham Ave. and N. Elk St. […]
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HIGHLAND — An allegedly intoxicated man was arrested and four people were injured – with three hospitalized – after a pickup truck smashed into a car with a family before plowing into and through the rear wall of a popular Highland bar early Wednesday morning, March 20. The crash, which caused major structural damage to the business, happened at Party […]
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PALM SPRINGS — An off-duty American Medical Response EMT was killed while riding a motorcycle in Palm Springs this morning, Monday, March 18. The deadly crash happened on S. Gene Autry Trail, north of Seven Lakes Dr., about a half-mile north of Hwy 111. Witnesses later watched as fire and rescue personnel at the scene solemnly draped an American flag […]
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