Tag: accident

UPDATED: MENIFEE: Man killed running across freeway after vehicle breaks down ID’d

UPDATE: April 23, 8:50 p.m. Riverside County Coroner officials have identified the person killed in yesterday morning’s fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accident when he struck while darting across the freeway. Officials identified the victim as Juan Escutia, 51, of San Bernardino. Escutia was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident less than ten minutes after the accident was reported, at […]

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RIVERSIDE: One hospitalized after two-vehicle, head-on wreck

RIVERSIDE – One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle, early-morning, head-on collision Sunday, April 23. The wreck happened on Sycamore Canyon Boulevard north of Central Avenue in Riverside. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the wreck about 5:45 a.m., after other motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the head-on collision. […]

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UPDATED: JURUPA VALLEY: DUI suspect, who left 14-year-old girl behind after fleeing major-injury wreck, arrested

CORRECTED: An earlier version of this report indicated the 14-year-old girl left trapped inside the vehicle was the suspect’s daughter, which was not the case. UPDATE: April 22, 9 p.m. JURUPA VALLEY – Several people were injured this morning in an early-morning, DUI-related, two-vehicle traffic collision. The DUI wreck happened Saturday, April 22, at the intersection of Camino Real and Limonite […]

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MURRIETA: Overturned slurry sealer creates “sticky mess,” causes SigAlert

MURRIETA – Officials were left dealing with a “sticky mess” after a pickup truck and a big rig hauling asphalt slurry collided. The collision caused the big rig to overturn, spilling slurry across the roadway Thursday, April 20. The accident happened in the northbound lanes near the junction of Interstates 15 and 215. The crash, which was first reported at 12:07 […]

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TEMECULA: Two deputies hospitalized after two-vehicle wreck

Two deputies were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries after a traffic collision at Margarita Rd. and Temecula Parkway. Bill Williams photo TEMECULA – Two Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and another driver suffered minor injuries when they were involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision Friday, April 21. The accident, that sent both deputies to the hospital with unspecified injuries, happened […]

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LAKE ELSINORE: Drunk teen causes two-vehicle wreck that hospitalized himself and his passenger

LAKE ELSINORE – A teenager who smashed into a traffic signal pole caused a two-vehicle, major-injury accident has been accused of driving while intoxicated Saturday, April 15. The collision happened near the intersection of Riverside Drive and Lash Street. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Lake Elsinore Police Station and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the […]

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HEMET – Hemet PD patrol vehicle heavily damaged after two-vehicle wreck

HEMET – A City of Hemet police patrol vehicle was heavily damaged and a second vehicle sustained moderate damage when the two vehicles collided. The accident, that left both vehicles inoperable, happened on the 1400 block of S. State Street near W. Thornton Avenue in Hemet. Hemet Police and Fire personnel, California Highway Patrol officers and other emergency first responders […]

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HEMET: Car smashes head-on into concrete light pole after two-vehicle crash

HEMET – Two drivers sustained minor injuries and a concrete power pole was sent crashing down into a backyard after a two-vehicle traffic collision Tuesday, April 18. The minor-injury accident occurred at the intersection of W. Devonshire and N. Lyon Avenues in Hemet. Hemet Police and Fire personnel and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the accident shortly before noon, […]

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RIVERSIDE: Man extricated from overturned SUV after two-vehicle wreck

RIVERSIDE – One person was left trapped inside his overturned SUV, after an early-morning, two-vehicle accident Sunday, April 16. Firefighters had to use the “Jaws of Life” to extricate the victim from their wrecked vehicle. The accident happened in the 4400 block of Clarksdale Drive at the intersection with La Sierra Avenue in Riverside. Riverside Fire and Police personnel responded to […]

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SAN JACINTO: Driver airlifted after solo-vehicle, rollover traffic accident

SAN JACINTO – A person was airlifted after suffering major injuries in a single-vehicle, rollover accident April 10. The wreck happened on Gilman Springs Road near the intersection of Soboba Road in an unincorporated area of San Jacinto. Emergency first responders rushed to the accident about 6:15 p.m., after several people called 911 to report the crash. Callers told emergency dispatchers […]

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