News From Around The County
PERRIS — Officials are investigating the cause of a fatal traffic collision between a sedan and a tractor-trailer, big-rig that happened Monday morning, Dec. 18. The deadly crash that killed a 25-year-old, Perris resident, happened on Highway 74, between Festus Circle and Ethanac Road, in an unincorporated area south of Perris and north of Lake Elsinore. California Highway Patrol, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire […]
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NUEVO — Officials are searching for a driver who fled the scene after plowing in a power pole, Thursday evening, Dec. 14. The impact sheared the power pole at its base and sent it and a transformer crashing onto a residential property. A power box was also destroyed in the crash that happened in the area of Central Avenue and Menifee Road in Nuevo. Power in […]
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HEMET — Two drivers sustained minor injuries after a traffic collision sent a large SUV hurtling through a wall and into two mobile homes, Friday afternoon, Dec. 8. The accident, that left both mobile homes and several parked vehicles damaged, happened near the intersection of Kirby Street and W. Oakland Avenue in Hemet. Hemet Police and Fire personnel responded to the […]
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SAN JACINTO — A mother was injured and her infant son is in intensive care after an accident between a San Jacinto PD patrol SUV and a sedan, Wednesday, Dec. 6. A deputy was also injured in the multiple-injury, traffic accident, which happened near the intersection of N. Brinton and S. State Streets in San Jacinto. At least one witness to the […]
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PERRIS — Three people were hospitalized and one person is in critical condition after a car smashed head-on into a tractor-trailer, semi-truck before being hit by another vehicle Wednesday morning, Dec. 6. The major-injury accident happened in the area of Harley Knox Boulevard and Patterson Avenue in Perris. Emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the accident about 7:45 a.m., after […]
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Officials are investigating a non-injury traffic collision between a bus carrying county inmates and another vehicle along Highway 79/Lamb Canyon. The Tuesday evening accident, which caused a brief SigAlert, happened on the southbound side of the highway in an unincorporated area, south of Beaumont and north of San Jacinto. California Highway Patrol officers, Riverside County Sheriff’s officials and other emergency first responders were […]
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HEMET — Officials are investigating a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision after a car struck and seriously injured a nine-year-old, Autistic boy, Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 5. The accident happened across the street from Whittier Elementary School, in the area of S. Gilbert Street and W. Montrose Avenue, in Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel and other emergency first responders were […]
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RIVERSIDE — Officials are investigating a single-vehicle, traffic accident after a vehicle smashed into a concrete light pole and through the perimeter fence of a golf course before going airborne and crashing – upside down – at the entrance of a golf cart tunnel that runs under Van Buren Avenue, early Saturday morning, Dec. 2. Riverside Police and Fire personnel and […]
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RIVERSIDE — An allegedly intoxicated woman was arrested early Sunday morning, Dec. 3, after she plowed into an ambulance causing it to overturn onto its side. The DUI-related collision happened at the intersection of Central and Streeter Avenues in the city of Riverside. Riverside Police and Fire personnel and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the crash about 4 […]
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REDDING — Officials arrested a woman they alleged was driving while intoxicated and caused a two-vehicle, rollover collision, Saturday evening, Dec. 2. Four children and both drivers were injured and hospitalized after the crash, which happened at the intersection of Shasta Street and Court Street in Redding. Four of those injured, including three children under the age of eight, were on their way home after […]
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