News From Around The County
UPDATE: April 25, 3 p.m. HEMET – Riverside County Coroner’s officials have identified the victim killed in yesterday’s fatal motorcycle accident that happened on Mountain Avenue west of Cedar Avenue in an unincorporated area of Hemet. Officials identified the man as Robert Pittenger, 58, of Hemet. Pittinger was pronounced dead at 2:12 p.m., less than twenty minutes after he lost control of […]
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RIVERSIDE – One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle, early-morning, head-on collision Sunday, April 23. The wreck happened on Sycamore Canyon Boulevard north of Central Avenue in Riverside. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the wreck about 5:45 a.m., after other motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the head-on collision. […]
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MURRIETA – Officials were left dealing with a “sticky mess” after a pickup truck and a big rig hauling asphalt slurry collided. The collision caused the big rig to overturn, spilling slurry across the roadway Thursday, April 20. The accident happened in the northbound lanes near the junction of Interstates 15 and 215. The crash, which was first reported at 12:07 […]
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Two deputies were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries after a traffic collision at Margarita Rd. and Temecula Parkway. Bill Williams photo TEMECULA – Two Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and another driver suffered minor injuries when they were involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision Friday, April 21. The accident, that sent both deputies to the hospital with unspecified injuries, happened […]
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HEMET – A City of Hemet police patrol vehicle was heavily damaged and a second vehicle sustained moderate damage when the two vehicles collided. The accident, that left both vehicles inoperable, happened on the 1400 block of S. State Street near W. Thornton Avenue in Hemet. Hemet Police and Fire personnel, California Highway Patrol officers and other emergency first responders […]
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HEMET – Two drivers sustained minor injuries and a concrete power pole was sent crashing down into a backyard after a two-vehicle traffic collision Tuesday, April 18. The minor-injury accident occurred at the intersection of W. Devonshire and N. Lyon Avenues in Hemet. Hemet Police and Fire personnel and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the accident shortly before noon, […]
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RIVERSIDE – One person was left trapped inside his overturned SUV, after an early-morning, two-vehicle accident Sunday, April 16. Firefighters had to use the “Jaws of Life” to extricate the victim from their wrecked vehicle. The accident happened in the 4400 block of Clarksdale Drive at the intersection with La Sierra Avenue in Riverside. Riverside Fire and Police personnel responded to […]
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SAN JACINTO – A person was airlifted after suffering major injuries in a single-vehicle, rollover accident April 10. The wreck happened on Gilman Springs Road near the intersection of Soboba Road in an unincorporated area of San Jacinto. Emergency first responders rushed to the accident about 6:15 p.m., after several people called 911 to report the crash. Callers told emergency dispatchers […]
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UPDATE: April 13, 5:50 p.m. (See original story below.) RIVERSIDE – Coroner officials have identified the victim killed Tuesday evening in a three-vehicle, head-on collision. The victim was identified as Jayson Garcia, 22, of Corona. Garcia was pronounced dead at 10:19 p.m., less than ten minutes after the deadly wreck was reported. Although officials have stated the cause of the accident was Garcia’s […]
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MORENO VALLEY – A motorcyclist died after losing control and crashing into a curb Wednesday, April 12. The deadly, single-vehicle accident happened on John F. Kennedy Drive at the intersection of Ely Drive in Moreno Valley. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police Department responded to reports of a major injury traffic collision involving the motorcyclist about 8:54 p.m. […]
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