News From Around The County
UPDATED: Monday, Sept. 4, 10 p.m. Writer’s note regarding photographs included below. HEMET — A family friend of the 16-year-old victim who was one of two people struck by a car earlier today provided an update regarding the young victim’s condition, explaining the girl has already undergone the first of many surgeries she will have to undergo. Melina Yazmin Villalobos, […]
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MORENO VALLEY — A sheriff’s deputy witnessed a major-injury, vehicle versus pedestrian, traffic collision involving two victims who were struck by a car while crossing a busy street, Friday, Sept. 1. The early-morning accident happened at the intersection of Perris Boulevard and Dracaea Avenue in Moreno Valley. Moreno Valley Police and Fire officials responded to the intersection about 5:19 a.m., after a deputy from […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Sept. 2, 1 p.m. HEMET — City of Hemet police officials say DUI is suspected a one of the primary contributing factors in an accident that killed a Menifee man, Thursday evening, Aug, 31. Police officials have not released the identity of the suspected DUI driver, who was hospitalized with unknown injuries after the crash. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s […]
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UPDATE: Tuesday, Aug. 29, 9:30 p.m. MORENO VALLEY — Despite public speculation about the charred remains of a body found inside a car discovered on fire in a field, police and fire officials investigating the incident determined the death was related to a solo-vehicle traffic collision. The fiery, fatal crash happened Saturday, Aug. 26, in a field off of Old 215 Frontage Road and […]
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VALLE VISTA — Authorities are currently investigating a possible hit and run, believed to involve a pedestrian and possibly two vehicles. The major-injury, hit and run collisions happened Monday evening, Aug. 28, along a dark section of Highway 74 near First Street in Valle Vista. The same stretch of highway has been the site of several other recent, major-injury and fatal vehicle versus […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Aug. 21, 12 a.m. WILDOMAR — Sheriff’s officials have released additional information and confirmed a victim was crushed to death by their own SUV after a single-vehicle, rollover traffic accident, Sunday, Aug. 27. The early-morning, fatal crash happened at the intersection of Lemon and Orange Streets, east of the I-15 Freeway, in Wildomar. According to several residents who live at or near […]
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RIVERSIDE — At least three people were hospitalized after a UPS truck overturned, landing on top of a compact sedan, crushing it almost beyond recognition, Wednesday morning Aug. 23. The early-morning accident happened in the eastbound lanes of the 60 Freeway near the downtown Riverside area, between Main and Orange Streets. City of Riverside Police and Fire officials, California Highway Patrol officers and American Medical Response medics […]
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UPDATE: Thursday, Aug. 24, 2:30 p.m. TEMECULA — A 57-year-old woman who was struck and killed while sweeping glass out of a busy Temecula road remains unidentified and authorities have not been able to determine her city of residence or locate any family members for notification. The deadly, early-morning accident happened Tuesday, Aug. 22, just after 1 a.m., according to sheriff’s […]
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SAN JACINTO — A woman who was struck by an ambulance while darting across a busy San Jacinto street was hospitalized with critical injuries Monday evening, Aug 21. The vehicle versus pedestrian traffic accident happened in the 600 block of S. State Street, north of W. 7th Street, in San Jacinto. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police Station responded to […]
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EASTVALE — A toddler suffered serious head trauma and died after being hit by a vehicle Sunday, Aug. 20. The deadly accident happened at Swan Lake mobile home park in the 5800 block of Hamner Avenue in Eastvale. Deputies assigned to the Eastvale Police Department and other emergency first responders rushed to the location about 2:30 p.m., after they were notified regarding a vehicle […]
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