Tag: 243

UPDATE: Details sparse after Idyllwild wreck that killed girl, 15 – victim ID’d

UPDATED: Monday, Nov. 5, 11:30 p.m., With Additional details, victim’s ID IDYLLWILD — Details are still emerging after a 15-year-old girl from Mountain Center died in Idyllwid yesterday afternoon, Sunday, Nov. 4. The fatal collision happened on Hwy. 243 at Saunders Meadow, and temporarily closed parts of the winding, two-lane, mountain road, also known as the Banning-Idyllwild Panoramic Highway. Riverside County […]

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UPDATED: Pine Cove man, 81, ID’d after fatal Idyllwild crash

UPDATE: Thursday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m., With additional details from CHP. UPDATE: Wednesday, Oct. 10, 11 a.m. With photos and video from scene. See original story below. IDYLLWILD — Officials have identified an elderly man who died yesterday afternoon when his vehicle plowed into a tree at the intersection of Highway 243 and Foster Lake Rd. in Idyllwild. Riverside County […]

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Hemet man, 28, ejected and crushed by vehicle, ID’d – intoxication ruled out for SJ driver

(Writer/Editor’s note: Although RCNS obtained both photos and video of this fatal accident, for the sake of the family, none were included due to their graphic nature.)   HEMET — Officials have identified a 28-year-old Hemet resident who died after he was ejected from a vehicle last Wednesday evening, May 9. After being ejected the victim was crushed by the […]

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BANNING: Seriously injured motorist airlifted after solo-vehicle rollover accident

BANNING — One person was air-lifted and hospitalized with major injuries after a single vehicle rollover accident yesterday afternoon, according to CHP and Cal Fire officials. The accident happened on Highway 243, just north of Mt. Edna Road, in an unincorporated area about six miles south of I-10 and Banning and about 19 miles north of Idyllwild. California Highway Patrol, […]

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MOUNTAIN CENTER: Unlicensed Banning motorcyclist killed in Hwy. 243 head-on collision

MOUNTAIN CENTER — An unlicensed motorcyclist died when his motorcycle drifted out of his lane of travel into oncoming traffic, Wednesday, Nov. 15. The fatal collision happened  on SR-243, about one mile north of SR-74, in the unincorporated community of Mountain Center. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials later identified Thai Yang, 40, of Banning, as the motorcyclist killed in the crash. He was pronounced deceased at […]

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