News From Around The County
A CHP officer is seen performing chest compressions on the downed motorcyclist. Several officers, medics and firefighters took turns performing CPR on the fatally injured rider. John Strangis photo HEMET – A motorcyclist died Wednesday morning, April 12, after he was struck from behind by a driver who said she had not seen the motorcycle before smashing into it. The driver […]
Read more
HIGHGROVE – Several people suffered minor injuries in a single-vehicle, rollover traffic accident Monday evening, April 10. The over-turned vehicle, which left three of four lanes on the southbound I-215 Freeway blocked. The location where the accident happened just north of Center Street and is less than two miles north of the 91/60/215 interchange in Riverside. The accident left many evening […]
Read more
Officers provide first-aid to 55-year-old shooting victim Bruce Baily. Baily crashed his truck after losing consciousness when he was shot during a civil dispute involving a vehicle late Saturday night. John Strangis photo UPDATE: April 11, 1:30 p.m. (See original story, photo and video below.) HEMET – Officials have released additional information about last Saturday’s late-night shooting that resulted […]
Read more
UPDATE: April 10, 3 p.m. (See original story below.) PERRIS – Coroner officials have identified a man who died after the driver lost control of his speeding car and smashed broadside into a traffic signal pole Saturday, April 8. The wreck, which one official called a “violent and unnecessary traffic collision fatality,” happened at the intersection of Indian Avenue and Markham Street in […]
Read more
TEMECULA – A motorcyclist died in a head-on collision with another vehicle Friday, April 7. The deadly accident happened in the area of Ynez Road, between Tierra Vista and Rancho Vista Road, in Temecula. Emergency first responders rushed to the scene of the deadly crash about 5:35 p.m., after several people called 911 to report the two-vehicle collision. When sheriff and fire […]
Read more
Darrell Roberts, who was intending to fly from French Valley to San Diego, was arrested after making an emergency landing in a Whittier parking lot. Roberts reportedly ran out of fuel after flying wrong direction into LA County. The Tribune photo A 58-year-old Winchester resident was arrested for flying under the influence after the pilot made an emergency landing in the […]
Read more
HEMET – Several bus riders sustained minor injuries when an RTA bus was involved in a hit and run accident Tuesday, April 4. Details are still emerging, but the accident happened at the intersection of E. Florida Avenue and S. Harvard Street in Hemet. The vehicle that fled the scene after the collision was described as a white sedan, possibly a […]
Read more
HEMET – No injuries were reported after a driver crashed into a tree in the area of State Street and Acacia Avenue in Hemet Saturday, April 1. The driver, who some witnesses described as elderly, told investigating officers she accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal, causing her vehicle to accelerate forward into the tree. The car, […]
Read more
LAKE ELSINORE – A hang glider suffered moderate injuries and had to be rescued by helicopter after he crashed in a steep, rugged area west of Lake Elsinore Saturday, April 1. The hang glider went down near Main Divide Road south of Ortega Highway in the unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore. Fourteen firefighters from three engine companies and one truck company responded to […]
Read more
Hemet police officers closed down all lanes of traffic on Florida Avenue, between S. Hamilton and S. Western Avenues during the ruptured gas main emergency. Melanie Lee photo HEMET- A major roadway through Hemet was shut down for several hours after a vehicle crashed into a high-pressure, above-ground, main gas line. Florida Avenue between S. Western and S. Hamilton […]
Read more