News From Around The County
HEMET — An allegedly intoxicated man was arrested Monday afternoon after losing control of his vehicle and crashing through a chain link fence. The non-injury accident happened on N. Gilbert Street just south of Menlo Avenue. City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel along with other emergency first responders were dispatched to the location about 1:30 p.m., after receiving reports of a single-vehicle traffic collision. […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — An Irvine motorcyclist, popular online “motovlogger” and well-known face among southern California sport bike enthusiasts died Saturday morning, Mar. 31, after losing control of her motorcycle while traveling on Highway 74. The deadly crash happened east of Morrell Canyon, in an unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore. The stretch of highway, also known as the Ortega Highway, passes through the Santa Ana Mountains and connects Riverside and […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Mar. 31, 9:30 p.m. WILDOMAR — An 18-year-old man officials allege was intoxicated when a vehicle he was driving soared off Bundy Canyon Road and landed upside down on the roof of a preschool classroom was arrested after deputies tracked him to his residence. The accident, that reportedly destroyed a portable building, happened late Friday night, Mar. 30. Emergency first responders […]
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PALM DESERT — A motorist had to be cut free from their wrecked vehicle after plunging down a steep and rugged embankment along Hwy. 74, in an unincorporated area south of Palm Desert earlier tonight. The victim was hospitalized with moderate injuries, according to fire officials. Emergency first responders were dispatched to an area near Hwy. 74’s Mile Marker 89 along the Roy […]
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HEMET — Officials have identified a 20-year-old skateboarder who was fatally struck by a hit and driver late Wednesday night, Mar. 28, at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Girard Streets in the City of Hemet. After fatally hitting the man, the unidentified driver fled the scene of the deadly collision, leaving the dying man’s lifeless body in the middle of the roadway. […]
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HEMET — Reports of a head-on injury traffic collision involving two vehicles and a motorcycle brought emergency first responders from five area agencies rushing to the scene last night. Although officials determined no motorcycle had been involved in the collision, two drivers were injured and both were hospitalized after the crash. SEE ALSO: HEMET: Victim ID’d after 2-vehicle rollover wreck […]
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HEMET — In spite of several 911 calls reporting a suspected drunk driver, officials did not arrive in the area in time to stop a man from being injured when he smashed head-on into a railroad crossing signal and barrier arm earlier tonight. The wreck, which sent the vehicle’s driver to the hospital, happened at a railroad crossing on S. Sanderson Avenue, just south of Wentworth Drive […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Mar. 25, 8:30 p.m. HEMET — Officials have identified a man who died after a two-vehicle, rollover traffic collision last night. The deadly accident happened on Ramona Expressway/Mountain Avenue, between N. Hemet and N. Soboba Streets, in Hemet. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Timothy Gibbons, 23, of Hemet, as the passenger of a Ford Focus who died in the wreck. A coroner’s release indicated […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Mar. 26, 1:20 a.m. LAKE ELSINORE — Officials have identified a man killed in a two-vehicle, head-on collision in Lake Elsinore, last Thursday morning, Mar. 22 Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Joshua Brownell, 33, of Lake Elsinore, as the driver who died in the wreck. According to a coroner’s release, the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene of the […]
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MEADOWBROOK — A Perris-area woman who died after reportedly darting in front of traffic along busy SR-74 Wednesday afternoon had been stepping “in and out” of traffic just prior to being hit and darted in front of the passenger vehicle that hit her, according to officials investigating the deadly collision. The accident happened near Meadowbrook/Greenwald Avenue, in the unincorporated community of […]
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