News From Around The County
REDDING — An allegedly intoxicated driver smashed into and damaged at least eight parked cars, as well as a fence and other private property, while fleeing from Redding police officers early Friday morning, April 19. At the end of the dangerous incident the man, who officials say “violently resisted arrest,” was apprehended and booked into jail for a variety of […]
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REDDING — Already on probation for a prior DUI, a Redding man was arrested again after losing control of his vehicle and mowing down two power poles late Thursday night, April 11. The downed poles caused the power lines to come down across the top of the vehicle, which sparked a small brush fire around the wrecked sedan. Last night’s […]
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HEMET — One person was hospitalized and another was arrested after the driver of a mini van blew through a stop sign and plowed broadside into a U.S. Mail carrier van yesterday afternoon, Friday, March 29. The driver of the mini van was later determined to be intoxicated and was arrested at the scene. Yesterday’s DUI-related collision, which caused the […]
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HIGHLAND — An allegedly intoxicated man was arrested and four people were injured – with three hospitalized – after a pickup truck smashed into a car with a family before plowing into and through the rear wall of a popular Highland bar early Wednesday morning, March 20. The crash, which caused major structural damage to the business, happened at Party […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — A Lake Elsinore man who officials say fled on foot after crashing his car into another vehicle was eventually apprehended and arrested, after deputies located him a short distance from where the collision occurred early Friday morning, March 15. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Fiery Cajalco wreck leaves three dead, one seriously injured Victim shot in back in […]
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HEMET — Minor injuries were reported after a suspected DUI hit and run traffic collision that caused one of two involved vehicles to overturn Saturday evening, Mar. 2. The rollover crash initially left several people trapped inside a pickup truck that overturned; however, good Samaritans who came to the victims’ aid helped the truck’s occupants safely out of their wrecked […]
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HEMET — Reports of a suspected drunk driver who was seen careening through Hemet’s Seven Hills community this afternoon turned out to be a man who paramedics believe suffered a diabetes-related medical crisis. Officers dispatched to the senior-living community found the semi-conscious driver inside his truck, after it had reportedly smashed into several vehicles and other stationary objects, before becoming […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Officials say a suspected drunk driver abandoned his three injured passengers and fled the scene of a major injury traffic accident in Jurupa Valley early Wednesday morning, Feb. 6. The Jurupa Valley resident was located several hours later and subsequently arrested and booked on multiple felony charges. The single vehicle crash sent the speeding car soaring through […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Good Samaritans are being credited with saving the lives of two people left trapped inside the burning wreckage of a vehicle that overturned and burst into flames in Jurupa Valley late Saturday evening, Jan. 26. Other motorists and witnesses pulled the two victims from their burning vehicle after the driver ran a red stop light, plowed into […]
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REDDING — An allegedly intoxicated driver was arrested after plowing into the back of a Redding PD patrol vehicle late Thursday evening, Jan. 3. The accident, which sent the officer to the hospital with minor injuries, happened on Cedars Rd. near Kenyon Dr. The injured officer was released after being treated at an area hospital and is expected to make […]
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