News From Around The County
SAN JACINTO — Officials have identified a woman killed by a hit and run driver and California Highway Patrol officers are asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the driver who ran the woman down before fleeing the scene. The fatal hit and run happened late Saturday evening, Sept. 30 or early Sunday morning, Oct. 1, in the area of Ramona […]
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HEMET — City of Hemet police officers are investigating after two men managed to elude capture when they fled from a stolen vehicle at the end of a pursuit, Thursday, Sept. 28. Two women who had been inside the stolen car during the pursuit were detained and one was later arrested for an outstanding warrant. The incident began when a […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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HEMET — A Hemet resident died when he lost control of his motorcycle while trying to pass slower moving vehicles, Wednesday, Sept. 27. The fatal accident happened on Warren Road between Esplanade and Cottonwood Avenues in the City of Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified 48-year-old, Jose Sanchez Jr. as the man killed in the crash. […]
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COLTON — Authorities are searching for a person they say fled the scene of a fatal, three-vehicle, traffic collision, Friday, Sept. 22. The deadly collision happened near the intersection of Reche Canyon Road and Scotch Lane in Colton. San Bernardino County Coroner’s officials later identified 59-year-old, Perris resident, Steven Qwen Jarrel as the motorcyclist killed in the hit and run crash. Law enforcement officials […]
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California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of a two-vehicle, rollover traffic accident that happened Monday afternoon, Sept. 25, northwest of Moreno Valley and southeast of Riverside. The accident sent a landscaping truck crashing through a guard rail and fence, where it soared off the southbound 215/eastbound 60 Freeway onto Sycamore Canyon Boulevard; which runs adjacent to the freeway. The […]
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HEMET — A man who led law enforcement officials from multiple local agencies was arrested – but later released without charges – after a dangerous, stolen-vehicle pursuit that began in Moreno Valley came to a crashing end in Hemet, Tuesday evening, Sept. 12. At times, the pursuit involved deputies from Moreno Valley, Perris, Menifee and Hemet, as well as officers from California […]
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WILDOMAR — A Wildomar resident died after he crashed an off-road, all-terrain vehicle into a parked vehicle while riding on a residential city street, Tuesday evening, Sept. 12. The fatal accident happened on the 35000 block of Pashal Place near Momat Avenue in Wildomar. The newer, tree-lined neighborhood is south of Baxter Road and west of Interstate 15. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s later identified Ivan Gomez, 25, of […]
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REDDING — A man was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and his female passenger had to be extricated from the mangled wreckage of a car this morning, Thursday, Sept. 14. The early-morning accident happened in the area of Victor Avenue near El Vista Street in Redding, after the alleged drunk driver smashed into several excavating vehicles that had been parked […]
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