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UPDATE: 1/3/2016 1:23 a.m. Coroner officials have released the name of the victim killed in a solo-vehicle collision on Interstate 10 Sunday, Jan. 1. Officials identified Erick Guerra, 45, of Compton, as the man killed in the deadly accident. His time of death was determined to be 5 a.m. His exact location of death was determined to be on the […]
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A Chevrolet Silverado that ran a red light was destroyed after it collided first into a Nissan and then smashed into a tree. Alexander Nguyen photo RIVERSIDE – Four people were injured in a two-vehicle traffic collision after a pickup truck ran a red light and smashed into an SUV New Year’s Eve. The accident, that left one person in […]
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BLYTHE – Three people, including a pregnant woman and an infant, sustained major injuries in a two-vehicle, rollover traffic collision Dec. 30. The accident happened about 12:33 p.m., on the eastbound I-10 west of Mesa Road in Blythe and forced the closure of all eastbound lanes of traffic to allow three air ambulances to land on the Interstate. California Highway […]
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INDIO – Fourteen people were injured when a suspected drunk driver smashed into three other vehicles Monday, Dec. 26. The accident, which the on-scene incident commander declared a mass-casualty event, happened at the intersection of Monroe Street and Avenue 48 in Indio about 6:48 p.m. Of the fourteen victims who were injured in the accident, a total of eight victims with various injuries […]
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HEMET – Two people were injured in a two-vehicle, head-on collision on Christmas day, Sunday, Dec. 25. The accident happened in the area of Park Avenue just south of Terrace Drive in Hemet, on the border of San Jacinto. Emergency first responders were dispatched to the location after Riverside County emergency dispatchers received several 911 calls from citizens reporting the […]
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UPDATE: 12/23/2016 10:30 p.m. Coroner’s officials have identified the two victims killed in a four vehicle, rollover traffic collision Friday, Dec. 23 as Hemet residents 31-year-old Elizabeth Vera and 61-year-old Joan Hoffenberg. According to a coroner’s release Vera died at the scene of the accident and her time of death was listed as 9:54 a.m. Hoffenberg also died at the scene […]
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UPDATE: 12/23/2016 11:30 a.m. With additional information from Riverside County Sheriff’s Department SAN JACINTO – Details are still emerging about a major-injury, multiple-vehicle, rollover traffic collision that happened Thursday, Dec. 22. The wreck happened at the intersection of N. State Street and Cottonwood Avenue in San Jacinto and involved seven vehicles, including one vehicle that had been involved in a dangerous, […]
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HEMET – At least one person was injured in a three vehicle, chain reaction, traffic collision Thursday, Dec. 15. The accident happened in the area of Florida Avenue and Soboba Street in Hemet. 911 callers told emergency dispatchers the accident occurred when one vehicle, described as a small, light-colored coupe failed to stop for traffic and smashed into the first […]
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RIVERSIDE – DUI is suspected as the primary contributing factor in an accident where a vehicle smashed into a traffic pole Monday, Dec. 12. The single-car accident happened at 10692 Indiana Avenue in Riverside. A six-year-old resident of Riverside, who has not been identified, was improperly restrained and was critically injured in the accident. The driver of the vehicle, who was […]
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BEAUMONT – Many questions remain unanswered after an early-morning accident involving a woman who was run over while laying between the number one and two lanes of traffic on the northbound side of SR-79 – also known as Lamb Canyon Road – Monday, Dec. 12. The fatal incident happened about 3:28 a.m., one mile south of California Road, between the cities of Beaumont […]
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