News From Around The County
SAN JACINTO — Officials have identified a woman killed by a hit and run driver and California Highway Patrol officers are asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the driver who ran the woman down before fleeing the scene. The fatal hit and run happened late Saturday evening, Sept. 30 or early Sunday morning, Oct. 1, in the area of Ramona […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — Officials are investigating after a parachutist died after suffering a “hard landing,” Wednesday, Sept. 27. According to officials, the victim was making his first, solo parachute jump when the fatal accident happened in an open field, north of Skylark Field Airport, in Lake Elsinore. Skydive Elsinore operates from the airport, which is west of Cereal Street and north of Corydon […]
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HEMET — A Hemet resident died when he lost control of his motorcycle while trying to pass slower moving vehicles, Wednesday, Sept. 27. The fatal accident happened on Warren Road between Esplanade and Cottonwood Avenues in the City of Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified 48-year-old, Jose Sanchez Jr. as the man killed in the crash. […]
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COLTON — Authorities are searching for a person they say fled the scene of a fatal, three-vehicle, traffic collision, Friday, Sept. 22. The deadly collision happened near the intersection of Reche Canyon Road and Scotch Lane in Colton. San Bernardino County Coroner’s officials later identified 59-year-old, Perris resident, Steven Qwen Jarrel as the motorcyclist killed in the hit and run crash. Law enforcement officials […]
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California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of a two-vehicle, rollover traffic accident that happened Monday afternoon, Sept. 25, northwest of Moreno Valley and southeast of Riverside. The accident sent a landscaping truck crashing through a guard rail and fence, where it soared off the southbound 215/eastbound 60 Freeway onto Sycamore Canyon Boulevard; which runs adjacent to the freeway. The […]
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WILDOMAR — A Wildomar resident died after he crashed an off-road, all-terrain vehicle into a parked vehicle while riding on a residential city street, Tuesday evening, Sept. 12. The fatal accident happened on the 35000 block of Pashal Place near Momat Avenue in Wildomar. The newer, tree-lined neighborhood is south of Baxter Road and west of Interstate 15. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s later identified Ivan Gomez, 25, of […]
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REDDING — A man was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and his female passenger had to be extricated from the mangled wreckage of a car this morning, Thursday, Sept. 14. The early-morning accident happened in the area of Victor Avenue near El Vista Street in Redding, after the alleged drunk driver smashed into several excavating vehicles that had been parked […]
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WHITEWATER — California Highway Patrol officials are investigating the cause of a deadly wreck involving a sedan, big-rig and a third car. The fatal accident happened yesterday evening, Thursday, Sept. 7. The crash was reported on Interstate 10, just east of the Interstate 111 overpass bridge, in the unincorporated community of Whitewater, according to CHP and Coroner’s officials. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified 18-year-old, Daisy […]
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SAN JACINTO — Officials are investigating the cause of a single-vehicle collision after a driver smashed into a tree this morning. The driver, described as elderly woman, was hospitalized after the early-morning accident that happened Wednesday, Sept. 6, on S. Santa Fe Street near W. Esplanade Avenue in San Jacinto. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Station, Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters […]
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UPDATE: Wednesday, Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m. FRENCH VALLEY — Officials investigating a fatal, three-vehicle, traffic collision say they have arrested a 51-year-old, Hemet resident for causing a wreck that took the life of a 62-year-old Murrieta woman earlier today, Wednesday, Sept. 6. The fatal crash happened Wednesday, Sept. 6, on Winchester Road near the intersection of Auld Road in French Valley. According to […]
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