UPDATED: SAN JACINTO: Hemet resident killed in early-morning, head-on wreck ID’d

UPDATE: Saturday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. With Coroner’s identification Riverside County Sheriff’s-Coroner’s officials have identified the person killed in Friday morning’s fatal, two vehicle, head on collision as 57-year old Brian Crabtree of Hemet. Crabtree died at the scene of the accident at 6:26 a.m., about thirteen minutes after the accident was reported.   UPDATE: Friday, July 14, 12 p.m. With additional photos and […]

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LA QUINTA: 66-year-old man killed in fiery wreck identified

LA QUINTA — A 66-year-old, Perris resident died in a fiery car crash that started a vegetation fire July 8. The fatal accident happened on Avenue 62 west of Monroe Street in La Quinta. Emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the fiery wreck at 3:31 p.m., after the crash and fire were reported to Riverside County emergency dispatchers.  Eleven […]

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UPDATED: HEMET: 56-year-old Hemet resident killed in head-on collision

UPDATE: Wednesday, June 7, 6:30 p.m. HEMET — Officials have identified a man killed in a two-vehicle, head-on crash Wednesday morning, June 7. The deadly wreck happened on Highway 74 – which is also known as Florida Avenue within the City of Hemet city limits – at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Lake Street. The deadly wreck was the second […]

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SAN JACINTO: Bicyclist crossing street dies after hit by car, truck

SAN JACINTO — A bicyclist died after being struck by a car and then a pickup truck Tuesday evening, June 6. The fatal accident happened along a dark section of San Jacinto Avenue near Shaver Street in San Jacinto. The same section of road has been the site of several other recent major and fatal collisions. Last night’s fatal accident […]

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MORENO VALLEY: Motor officer injured in collision with truck

MORENO VALLEY — A Moreno Valley motorcycle officer was hospitalized in an early-morning traffic collision with a pickup truck Tuesday, June 2. The accident happened at the intersection of Fir Avenue and Heartleaf Street, east of Kitching Street and south of the 60 Freeway, in Moreno Valley. The accident happened while the motor officer was conducting traffic enforcement in the area […]

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MORENO VALLEY: Three injured, one critically, in two-vehicle wreck

MORENO VALLEY — Three people were injured, one critically, in a two-vehicle, major-injury crash Sunday morning, June 4. The accident happened at the intersection of Perris Boulevard and Bay Avenue in Moreno Valley. City of Moreno Valley Fire and Police officials were dispatched to the collision at 11:33 a.m., after other motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the wreck. […]

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FRENCH VALLEY: 47-year-old, Murrieta resident ID’d after fatal Winchester Rd. wreck

FRENCH VALLEY – Coroner’s officials have identified a woman who died when her compact car smashed into the back of a large, 3-axle water tank truck that was parked along the side of Winchester Road, just north of La Alba Road, in an unincorporated area of Temecula. The fatal wreck happened across from French Valley Airport, Thursday, June 1, according to California Highway Patrol officials. Coroner’s […]

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HEMET: DUI suspected in fiery, two-car wreck

Timothy Franzese of Public Safety Incidents contributed to this report.   HEMET — Reports of a fiery wreck in Hemet brought emergency first responders from multiple agencies rushing to the scene Saturday, June 3. The crash, which caused one vehicle to burst into flames, happened at the intersection of Domenigoni and Searl Parkways in Hemet. The accident happened at the […]

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PALM SPRINGS: Motorcyclist critically injured in crash with sedan

PALM SPRINGS — A motorcyclist was critically injured in a collision with a car Tuesday evening, May 30. The crash happened at the intersection of Indian Canyon Drive and East Via Escuela in Palm Springs. City of Palm Spring police and fire officials responded to the scene of the major-injury accident about 6:10 p.m., after 911 callers reported the collision. 911 callers told emergency […]

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PERRIS: Citizens credited with extinguishing car blaze after fiery, head-on wreck

PERRIS — Sheriff’s officials are lauding citizens who reportedly used garden water hoses to extinguish a vehicle fire after a two-vehicle, head-on wreck that sent three people to the hospital, Thursday, May 25, Officials later identified Edgar Mejia Quinones, of Perris, as the driver who reportedly caused the collision. Quinones is suspected of having been under the influence of alcohol at the time […]

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