Airport – Riverside County News Source

Injuries reported after Riverside collision between sedan and tractor-trailer combo

December 28, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Two people were hospitalized after a collision involving a passenger sedan and tractor-trailer combo in Riverside Monday afternoon, Dec. 27. The involved sedan was dragged some distance by the semi-truck after it collided with the much larger vehicle and became wedged under the rig’s trailer, near the intersection of Arlington Avenue and Airport Drive. LEADING THE RCNS […]

High on drugs, Burney woman crashes into off-duty RPD officer

August 22, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a woman was arrested after speeding through a stop sign and plowing into an off-duty Redding police officer earlier this morning, Saturday, Aug. 22. Both drivers were sent to an area hospital after the rollover crash, which happened at the intersection of Airport Rd. and Hartnell Ave., according to officials. SEE OTHER RECENT SCNS HEADLINE […]

Homicide confirmed – Victim remains unidentified, after body found in burning car

July 21, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATED: Wednesday, July 22, 6:30 p.m. See Original Story below. THERMAL, Calif. — Authorities say a suspicious death investigation has been changed to a homicide investigation after a man’s body was discovered in a burning vehicle in Thermal early Saturday morning, July 18. The man’s murder was the first of three suspicious deaths to rock the east valley over the […]

THERMAL: Woman ejected when pursuit of robbery suspects leads to major-injury wreck

March 7, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

THERMAL — A police pursuit of a vehicle believed to have been involved in a Coachella-area robbery ended when the alleged suspect’s sedan smashed broadside into a commercial pickup truck earlier this afternoon. The major-injury wreck, which resulted in a woman suffering serious injuries after being ejected from the fleeing car, happened Mar. 7, on Airport Boulevard, between Harrison and Tyler Streets, in Thermal. […]

HEMET: Two drivers killed in fiery, early morning, head-on collision

September 30, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

HEMET — Two people died in a fiery, two-vehicle, head-on crash, Friday, Sept. 29. The deadly, early morning wreck happened on Stetson Avenue, between Warren Road and Cawston Avenue near Hemet-Ryan Airport, in Hemet. City of Hemet Fire and Police officials were dispatched to the scene of the fatal collision about 4:49 a.m., after several motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the accident, Hemet Police Lieutenant Glen […]

REDDING: Two hospitalized after three-vehicle collision

September 29, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

REDDING — Two people were hospitalized after a three-vehicle, head-on collision, Wednesday, Sept. 27. The accident happened in the area of Airport Road and Fig Tree Lane, just south of the Redding Municipal Airport, in Redding. Redding Police and Fire officials responded to the scene of the crash about 3:28 p.m., after several motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the head-on traffic […]

UPDATED: BANNING: More details emerge after plane ends up on its nose after “hard landing” at local airport

April 25, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATE: April 26, 4:45 p.m. BANNING – Banning police and Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating after a plane suffered a “hard landing” at Banning Municipal Airport Monday, April 24. The crash happened about 1:40 p.m. The pilot and sole occupant of the single-engine, 1981 Cessna 210 aircraft at the time of the crash was not seriously injured, according to Federal Aviation […]