News From Around The County
DESERT CENTER, Calif., — Two people and a dog were successfully rescued after their vehicle ended up partially submerged in a water canal Friday evening, July 30. The accident and subsequent water rescue happened near the Powerline Road and Red Cloud Mine Road exit of the eastbound I-10. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Three injured, one seriously, after car plows into […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1:15 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. DESERT CENTER, Calif. — Although few details have been released, officials have confirmed the discovery of a deceased man in an unincorporated area of Riverside County known as Desert Center, Sunday afternoon, Oct. 18. The victim’s lifeless body was found in an agricultural area near Kaiser and Oasis roads, according […]
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DESERT CENTER — Authorities remain at the scene of a wreck involving an overturned tractor-trailer big-rig that forced a SigAlert and is continuing to cause delays of several hours on the eastbound I-10. The rollover crash, which may have involved a second vehicle, happened near Red Cloud Mine Rd/Exit 182, this morning, Saturday, March 23, according to a CHP incident […]
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DESERT CENTER — Four people died and three people were injured in three separate overnight accidents in the unincorporated community of Desert Center. One of those killed was a pedestrian walking along Interstate 10 and another died after being ejected and crushed underneath a vehicle that overturned. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: BREAKING: Four people injured after family dispute leads to […]
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DESERT CENTER — Fire and environmental health officials spent just over an hour stopping a large fuel spill after a semi-truck and motor home collided Wednesday night, Mar. 27. Caltrans workers then spent about two additional hours cleaning up about 100 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled onto eastbound Interstate 10, west of Eagle Mountain Road, in Desert Center. Emergency first responders […]
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DESERT CENTER — Firefighters spent more than three hours battling an oil-fed, tanker truck blaze and vegetation fire early Sunday morning, Dec. 17. Inmate firefighters from Chuckawalla State Prison assisted in bringing the fire under control after the truck burst into flames along Interstate 10, west of Eagle Mountain Road, near Desert Center. The tanker truck was carrying about 26,000 gallons of motor oil, at least some […]
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DESERT CENTER — Details are still emerging after three people died and a fourth person was injured in a fiery, multiple-vehicle crash involving two tractor-trailer, semi-trucks and another vehicle, Thursday, Oct. 26. The deadly, early morning crash happened on the eastbound Interstate 10, east of Eagle Mountain Road, in Desert Center. California Highway Patrol officers, firefighters and other emergency first responders […]
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DESERT CENTER – A victim sustained major injuries and was airlifted to a hospital in serious condition after a single-vehicle, rollover accident involving a recreational vehicle Friday, Jan. 6. The RV overturned on Interstate 10 west of Eagle Mountain Road in Desert Center. Cal Fire/Riverside County Firefighters responded to the solo-vehicle traffic accident about 2:25 p.m. after Riverside County emergency […]
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