News From Around The County
MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — A driver was left trapped and injured inside a pickup truck that crashed into a fire hydrant and overturned in a Moreno Valley residential neighborhood yesterday afternoon, Aug. 24. The victim was later transported to an area hospital with moderate injuries after the collision, which occurred in the area of Country Canyon and Canyon Vista roads, […]
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HOMELAND, Calif., — Authorities say speeding and reckless driving may have led to a fiery, rollover wreck that killed a local man early Monday morning, Aug. 23. The fatal, solo-vehicle accident happened along Highway 74/Florida Avenue near Cortrite Avenue, when the speeding vehicle plowed into a concrete barrier within a construction zone and overturned into a power pole, causing the […]
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JURUPA VALLEY, Calif., — A local man has died after a solo-vehicle traffic collision involving a vehicle that crashed into two traffic poles in Jurupa Valley early Sunday morning, Aug. 22. The victim was not wearing his seatbelt and was ejected from his vehicle when the collision occurred at the intersection of Clay Street and General Drive, according to officials. […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Aug. 19, 1 p.m., With additional details from scene. BURNEY, Calif., — Authorities remain at the scene of a solo-vehicle, major injury traffic collision involving a tractor trailer semi-truck that plowed into the US Bank in Burney, at 37131 Main Street/SR-299E, this morning, Thursday, Aug. 19. The big rig was hauling pool chemicals at the time of the […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities yesterday arrested a man they say was driving while intoxicated when he ran a red light, struck another vehicle and overturned into a pole Tuesday, Dec. 8. The deadly crash happened at the intersection of Lake Boulevard and Oasis Road, according to officials. At the time of the fatal accident the suspect, Robert Christopher Maughs, 25, […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — A 17-year-old Perris girl was killed and her teenage passenger was injured after the car they were in crashed into a tree outside Kaiser Hospital last night, Sunday, Aug. 15. The deadly crash, which happened in the 10800 block of Magnolia Avenue, was the result of a street race, according to officials; who said the driver of […]
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MURRIETA, Calif., — Although no details have been released as to how a fatal, head-on traffic collision occurred in Murrieta yesterday afternoon, Thursday, Aug. 12, officials today identified the driver who was killed in the accident. The deadly collision, which forced the hours-long closure of Winchester Road, happened just south of Briggs Road, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say speeding and illegal passing on a double set of yellow lines led to the death of a 22-year-old Anderson driver who was killed after hitting another vehicle and being ejected from their car Wednesday evening, Aug. 11. The deadly crash happened in the area of Old Oregon Trail and Der Kinder Drive, according to officials. LEADING […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — An off-roading adventure turned deadly in Riverside after a Jeep overturned into a ravine along a steep ridgeline, killing its driver and critically injuring the vehicle’s two passengers Friday evening, Aug. 6. Although the deadly crash happened in a mountainous area near Cadbury Drive and Yearling Street, south of Crestlawn Memorial Park and Mortuary and east of […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Aug. 8, 10 a.m., With details related to similar fatal off-road related accident. Originally Published: Friday, Aug. 6, 11 a.m. RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say a man and his 16-year-old nephew were critically injured when an off-road ATV they were illegally riding on city streets collided with a passenger vehicle in Riverside Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 4. The 30-year-old operator […]
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