RIVERSIDE: BNSF train comes within 40′ of striking DUI driver after rollover

RIVERSIDE – A train nearly collided with a vehicle after an alleged drunk driver crashed and rolled his car directly onto a set of railroad tracks Saturday, April 23. The train happened to be traveling on the same tracks as the vehicle that rolled and had become stuck was on. The train – which was reportedly 2 miles long – only […]

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UPDATED-PERRIS: Skydiver survives “parachute malfunction”

UPDATED: 04/24/2016 3:50 p.m. PERRIS – A skydiver sustained “moderate injuries” on Thursday afternoon, April 21, after suffering what Riverside County Fire/Cal Fire Public Information Officer April Newman described as a “parachute malfunction.” The victim was transported to an area hospital but was expected to survive, according to Newman. The skydiver reportedly went down at Skydive Perris, located at the Perris Airfield, […]

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Vehicle vs big-rig accident on I-10 injures 3 in Beaumont

BEAUMONT – An early morning accident involving a big-rig tractor-trailer semi-truck and a four-door hatchback injured three people from inside the hatchback. The collision occurred on the I-10 freeway, near the Oak Valley Parkway overpass. Traffic was reportedly backed up and moving at a crawl; as crews worked to free the victims from the wrecked hatchback and clean up debris […]

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Cut and rescue required after violent hit and run traffic collision in Hemet

HEMET – A hit and run traffic collision this morning, Saturday, April 23, left one victim trapped inside their destroyed vehicle, requiring firefighters to perform a cut and rescue operation to free the motorist. The T-bone, hit and run collision reportedly occurred in the intersection of Sanderson and Stetson Avenues and left the two vehicles and debris strewn across Stetson […]

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UPDATED: 54-year-old bicyclist, struck and killed in Perris ID’d

Photo: Deputies survey the scene of the fatal vehicle vs bicyclist traffic collision. Marina Guerrero photo   UPDATED: 04/21/2016 11:30 a.m. PERRIS – A bicyclist who was struck and killed on 4th Street in Perris, Wednesday, April 20, has been identified by Coroner’s officials. A release from the Coroner’s office on Thursday, April 21, identified the victim of the fatal collision as Roger […]

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UPDATE: Man killed in Jurupa Valley rollover accident ID’d

UPDATED: 04/19/2016 2:15 p.m. On-scene reporting and photographs: William Hayes / Epicenter News   JURUPA – A man who died after sustaining fatal injuries in a rollover accident has been identified by the coroner’s office. The fatal accident ejected one of four people inside the truck, which was left all but unrecognizable. The accident occurred on Canal Street, east of La […]

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Urgent need to use bathroom leads to rollover accident near Bonsall

Written for Village News BONSALL – A man needing to use the bathroom became so distracted by his urgent need, he was involved in a single-vehicle rollover traffic accident, according to information provided on a California Highway Patrol incident log. The rollover collision occurred in the 11100 block of Old Castle Road in an unincorporated area between Bonsall and Valley Center. […]

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Pedestrian killed crossing street, Hemet Police officials say

HEMET – A 53-year-old woman was struck and killed while crossing Cawston Avenue, south of Stetson Avenue and north of Thornton Avenue, in Hemet, according to a Hemet Police official. The fatal collision occurred April 15, Hemet Police Lieutenant Eric Dickson wrote in a press release. The accident occurred in the 1200 block of south Cawston Avenue at about 8:20 p.m. Officers and […]

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