News From Around The County
WHISKEYTOWN — A man died and three teens were injured when a vehicle overturned and plummeted down a steep embankment. The deadly accident happened on Highway 299 near Whiskeytown Lake, last Tuesday night. All four victims were from the Anderson area and alcohol and excessive speed are believed to be contributing factors in the fatal wreck, according to California Highway […]
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NUEVO — Details are beginning to emerge after two motorcyclists were killed when their motorcycle collided head on into an oncoming truck early Friday morning, May 25. The deadly collision happened along a sweeping curve on Ramona Expressway at Martin Street in Nuevo, according to CHP officials. CHP and Riverside County Sheriff’s officials along with other emergency first responders were […]
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PALM SPRINGS — A woman, still buckled into the driver’s seat of her car, was discovered deceased inside a vehicle found upside down and partially submerged in the Whitewater River. The fatal, single-vehicle accident happened on northbound SR 111, about one mile north of Overture Road along a sweeping left curve in the highway, in an unincorporated area northwest of […]
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(Writer/Editor’s note: Although RCNS obtained both photos and video of this fatal accident, for the sake of the family, none were included due to their graphic nature.) HEMET — Officials have identified a 28-year-old Hemet resident who died after he was ejected from a vehicle last Wednesday evening, May 9. After being ejected the victim was crushed by the […]
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UPDATE: Monday, May 14, 1 p.m. (See original report, all photos and videos from scene below.) SAN JACINTO — CHP and Coroner’s officials have released additional information about last night’s fatal rollover that partially ejected and killed a 66-year-old Moreno Valley resident. The solo-vehicle accident happened on Soboba Road near Chabella Road, almost 2 miles east of Gilman Springs Rd/State […]
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MENIFEE — A 27-year-old Perris man died after he was struck while walking in the westbound lanes of Highway 74. The fatal hit and run happened early Saturday morning, May 12, between Briggs and McKinley Roads in Menifee. Emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene shortly after 1 a.m., after receiving reports of a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision. […]
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TUSTIN — One person died after a car veered off the southbound 5 Freeway near the Tustin Ranch Road off-ramp and plowed full speed into the back of a tractor-trailer semi-truck. According to CHP, the big-rig had been stopped and legally parked, completely off the highway and on the freeway’s shoulder, when the small sedan smashed into the truck’s trailer. […]
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PERRIS, Calif., — A man who officials say fatally gunned down his neighbor inside the victim’s own garage was later stopped and arrested while driving away from the deadly shooting, officials have confirmed. According to family members, witnesses, and area residents, the deadly confrontation was related to an ongoing neighbor dispute. The dispute and lingering hostilities have been occurring between […]
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UPDATED: May 2, 11 p.m., With additional information and clarification from Sheriff’s Department JURUPA VALLEY — A 27-year-old, Hemet resident died after a two-vehicle, hit and run traffic collision that hospitalized the man’s wife as well as another male passenger inside the couple’s vehicle, early Saturday evening, Apr. 28. Officials investigating the deadly wreck say they are following up on “possible suspect […]
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HEMET — Few details have been released in CHP’s ongoing investigation of a fatal accident after a 57-year-old Banning man was found deceased in a rural unincorporated area within Brown Canyon, southeast of Hemet. The man’s body was found late Sunday afternoon near an all-terrain vehicle, in a rugged, sparsely populated area near the 43000 block of Cactus Valley Road. SEE SIMILAR: Off-road dirt bike […]
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