News From Around The County
TEMECULA – A bicyclist has died after he was struck by a pickup truck Wednesday evening, April 26. The deadly accident happened in the area of Temecula and Pechanga Parkways in Temecula. Despite life-saving efforts, the bicyclist succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead by medical staff at the hospital the today, Thursday, April 27. The victim has not yet been identified, […]
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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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UPDATE: April 23, 8:50 p.m. Riverside County Coroner officials have identified the person killed in yesterday morning’s fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accident when he struck while darting across the freeway. Officials identified the victim as Juan Escutia, 51, of San Bernardino. Escutia was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident less than ten minutes after the accident was reported, at […]
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UPDATED: April 22 4:15 p.m. CORONA – Riverside County Coroner’s officials have identified a motorcyclist who was killed in a single-vehicle wreck when the rider struck a curb and smashed into two trees Saturday evening, April 15. The deadly accident happened on River Road near Cota Street in Corona. Officials identified the victim as Joseph Castro, 29, of Perris. His time of injury was […]
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UPDATE: April 18, 2:30 a.m. Coroner’s officials have identified a 17-year-old female victim who died after she was one of three people who were shot Friday, April 14 in a Moreno Valley neighborhood. Officials identified Sofia Ceja, of Moreno Valley as the victim who died from the triple shooting. According to officials, Ceja died at Riverside University Health System Medical Center […]
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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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UPDATE: April 13, 3 a.m. Coroner officials have identified the pedestrian who died when she was struck by a motorist on Hamner Avenue south of Amberhill Avenue in Eastvale. The woman was identified as Janine Chavez, 28, of Eastvale. She was pronounced dead at 7:54 p.m., ten minutes after she was struck while walking on Hamner Avenue. Officials have not released any other […]
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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 […]
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HEMET – City of Hemet police officials have announced the arrest of two people, accused of shooting two victims including a juvenile, killing one of them. The deadly shooting, which was highly publicized throughout Hemet and the Inland Empire, happened in the area of Acacia and S. Western Avenues in Hemet shortly before 1 a.m. (Click here to view original story.) […]
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