News From Around The County
MORENO VALLEY — Three men were injured, including one who is in a coma and listed in critical condition, when their speeding vehicle left the roadway and smashed into a tree earlier this morning. Alcohol intoxication is suspected in the major injury crash that happened on the border of Riverside and Moreno Valley. According to officials, two Moreno Valley residents […]
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GREEN VALLEY LAKE — Five people were seriously injured when the driver of a pickup truck lost control while driving on a winding mountain road and careened off the pavement, went over a steep embankment and smashed into a large tree. Excessive speed and alcohol or drug intoxication were suspected to have been contributing factors in the wreck, according to […]
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BURNEY — Sheriff and CHP officials are searching for a vehicle that fled the scene after hitting a tractor-trailer semi-truck at Burney Chevron earlier this afternoon. According to a California Highway Patrol incident log, there were no reported injuries after the hit and run collision, which happened at the intersection of Main St. and Mountain View Rd. LEADING THE SCNS […]
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Bill Correll photo FALL RIVER MILLS — A motorist was seriously injured and life-flighted this morning after smashing into a parked trailer in front of the Shell gas station at 43202 Highway 299 E., in Fall River Mills. According to a CHP incident log, the victim suffered major injuries and was believed to have possibly experienced a medical emergency just […]
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MORENO VALLEY — A man already on PRCS probation for DUI who was driving on a suspended license for two prior DUI’s was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol once again after wrecking his sedan into a Moreno Valley light pole early this morning. According to sheriff’s officials, this was the man’s third DUI in Riverside County. LEADING […]
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A couple who died earlier this week when their vehicle smashed into the back of a tractor-trailer big-rig that had stopped for another accident have been identified as being from the Inland Empire. The deadly crash happened early Sunday morning, June 17, on Interstate 40, east of Kelbaker Road. The location is near the unincorporated rural community of Essex and about […]
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One person was airlifted with serious injuries after a head-on collision involving a semi-truck and small car earlier this afternoon. The crash happened on Highway 299 a few miles east of Moosecamp and about a half-mile west of Hatchet, according to witnesses. According to a CalTrans worker who stopped at the scene immediately after the wreck, the driver of the […]
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MORENO VALLEY — Three people were injured, two seriously, when a taxi cab with a fare plowed head-on into an oncoming big-rig yesterday afternoon, June 19. The impact caused the tractor-trailer semi-truck to burst into flames and the fire eventually spread to the truck’s payload as well as area vegetation. The fiery wreck happened on Gilman Springs Road, east of […]
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WILDOMAR — A Wildomar resident was injured and later arrested after a head-on, hit and run collision that injured three other people, one seriously, Friday afternoon, June 15. The crash happened on Baxter Road near Central Street in Wildomar. Albert Anthony Sanchez, 39, of Wildomar, was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs – causing major injuries to others, and […]
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SAN BERNARDINO — A woman who died after her vehicle struck a center divider, left the freeway, and overturned, died at the scene, according to sheriff and coroner officials. The early morning, solo-vehicle accident happened June 15, on Interstate 10, near Tippecanoe Avenue and west of Splash Kingdom Water Park, in San Bernardino. After striking the center divider, the victim’s […]
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