News From Around The County
PALM DESERT — A motorcyclist was hospitalized with “major, but non-life threatening injuries” after smashing into the back of a car this morning, Monday, Jan. 7. The crash, which remains under investigation, happened in the area of Monterey Ave. and Arboleda Dr., according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: BREAKING: Officials investigating after bodies found behind La Quinta home Man […]
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HILLCREST — Fresh snowfall and un-plowed roads have been cited as possible contributing factors after a single-vehicle, rollover accident, Saturday afternoon, Jan. 5. California Highway Patrol later reported only minor injuries after the crash, which happened on Hwy. 299E, east of Big Bend Rd. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: 2+ pounds of meth uncovered at Redding home, 3 arrested RPD officer […]
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REDDING — An allegedly intoxicated driver was arrested after plowing into the back of a Redding PD patrol vehicle late Thursday evening, Jan. 3. The accident, which sent the officer to the hospital with minor injuries, happened on Cedars Rd. near Kenyon Dr. The injured officer was released after being treated at an area hospital and is expected to make […]
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HEMET — A woman was hospitalized after another driver in a pickup truck ran a Hemet stop sign and plowed into her small sedan earlier this afternoon, Thursday, Jan. 3. The man reportedly told officers he was distracted when he failed to stop at the four-way, stop sign-controlled intersection of S. Palm and W. Acacia avenues. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: […]
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HOMELAND — Five people were seriously injured and twenty-one residents from six homes were evacuated after a car careened out of control, rolled several times, and severed a main gas line in Homeland Saturday evening, Dec. 29. The solo-vehicle accident happened along a sweeping “S” curve in the 32500 block of Highway 74, near Panorama Cove mobile home park. LEADING […]
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HEMET — An allegedly intoxicated man was arrested after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into the pumps of a Hemet gas station Christmas eve, Dec. 24. The driver had two children in the car with him when he crashed, but the children were not injured in the collision. LEADING THE HEMET-AREA HEADLINES: Christmas eve kitchen fire displaces two […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — A 6-year-old boy who was hit by a vehicle in Lake Elsinore last week, Tuesday, Dec. 11, has succumbed to his injuries, according to family members and sheriff’s officials who today confirmed the tot’s death. The child, whose Lake Elsinore parents have identified on social media as Cary Brown, was critically injured in last Tuesday’s accident and […]
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CABAZON — A woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident this morning, Monday, Dec 17, according to a California Highway Patrol incident log and Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire officials. The fatal accident happened on Interstate 10, east of Main St. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Drunk teen arrested after fatally hitting Menifee woman UPDATE: Fatally struck crossing Hwy 74, Menifee woman, […]
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NUEVO — At least one person was injured after a vehicle plowed into an Edison pole, shearing the pole and knocking down power lines in Nuevo, early this morning, Sunday, Dec. 16. The accident happened on the 30700 block of Montgomery Ave., between Nuevo Rd. and 11th St. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Anza woman airlifted with “severe” injuries after mauled […]
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BEAUMONT — A woman has died from injuries she sustained when she was struck by her own vehicle at a Beaumont restaurant drive-through Saturday afternoon, Dec. 8. The bizarre and deadly accident happened at the 2nd Street Marketplace on the 1400 block of the E. 2nd Street. Officials investigating the incident later determined that when the victim exited her vehicle, […]
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