News From Around The County
MENIFEE — Two people died and two others were injured Monday evening, Jan. 15, in a multiple-vehicle, traffic collision that happened on the southbound Interstate 215, between McCall Boulevard and Ethanac Road, in Menifee. One of the drivers told officials at the scene he was a reporter/photographer headed home to San Diego after spending the afternoon obtaining footage of a home […]
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HEMET — A woman had to be cut free from a vehicle that overturned after leaving the road and clipping a large tree, Sunday night, Jan. 14. The accident happened just north of the intersection of N. Palm and W. Fruitvale Avenues in Hemet. City of Hemet Fire and Police personnel and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the […]
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MORENO VALLEY — A Moreno Valley motorcyclist was found dead after apparently crashing his motorcycle, early Sunday morning, Jan. 14. The fatal accident happened on Wordsworth Road south of Seneca Elementary School, between Dickinson and Morton Roads, in Moreno Valley. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified 31-year-old, Joshua Poss, as the man killed in the solo-vehicle accident. Although officials have not determined what […]
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PALM DESERT — A man officials allege was under the influence of drugs was seriously injured after his SUV crashed into another vehicle and tree and then overturned, Friday morning, Jan. 12. The accident happened on Hovley Lane, east of El Dorado Drive, in Palm Desert. Emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the crash shortly before 11:30 a.m., after […]
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CORONA — A flight instructor and student pilot sustained minor injuries after their small plane crashed while practicing stall recoveries, Saturday, Jan. 13. The plane went down in the hills behind the 26900 block of Filly Court, north of Bosley Lane and west of Horsethief Canyon Road, in the Alberhill area of Corona. According to the FAA, new pilots seeking a private pilot’s […]
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MENIFEE — Two sheriff’s volunteers assisting at the scene of a major-injury, DUI-related, head-on traffic collision were hospitalized after a sedan failed to yield to a sheriff’s roadblock and plowed through the roadblock and smashed into two volunteer patrol vehicles. The two separate accidents happened early Wednesday evening, Jan. 10, on the 26000 block of Menifee Road, near the intersection of Matthews/Case Road, in […]
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RIVERSIDE — Four people were displaced after an allegedly intoxicated man crashed into their home, Saturday evening, Jan. 6. The DUI-related crash happened on the 6000 block of Brockton Avenue, at the intersection of Jurupa Avenue, in Riverside. After an investigation, officers arrested 25-year-old, Brian Eugene Ware. He was later booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of […]
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MORENO VALLEY — Sheriff’s officials are investigating the cause of a fatal accident after a vehicle crashed into a tree and burst into flames, early Tuesday morning, Jan. 9. The deadly crash happened on Iris Avenue, west of Oliver Street, in Moreno Valley. City of Moreno Valley Police and Fire personnel and other emergency first responders were dispatched to reports of a major-injury, […]
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UPDATE: Sunday, Jan. 7, 10 p.m. REDDING — Officials have identified a pedestrian who was killed Wednesday, Dec. 27, when he was struck by a commercial big-rig while walking along Interstate 5. The deadly accident happened near the Cypress Avenue off ramp, in Redding. Shasta County Coroner’s officials later identified Kelley Dean Clark, 58, of Redding as the man killed in the collision. California Highway […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Firefighters extricated a person left trapped inside a vehicle after a traffic collision, Friday afternoon, Jan. 5. The accident happened in the area of Etiwanda and Philadelphia Avenues in Jurupa Valley, near the border of Ontario. Eleven firefighters from two engine companies and one truck company responded to the scene of the accident at 1:06 p.m., Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire […]
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