Tag: DUI

REDDING: Officer and police explorer in patrol SUV struck by suspected DUI driver

REDDING — A Redding police officer sustained minor injuries and a juvenile Police Explorer Scout escaped injury when a patrol SUV they were in was struck by a suspected drunk driver, Friday evening, Oct. 20. The minor-injury, DUI-related, traffic accident happened while the officer and explorer were assisting other officers with a separate and unrelated DUI/drug investigation, according to a police official. The two […]

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JURUPA VALLEY: DUI suspected in head-on crash that seriously injured four

JURUPA VALLEY — Four people were hospitalized in a two-vehicle, head-on accident, Saturday, October 21. The early morning collision happened in the area of Country Village Road and Oak Leaf Way, between Philadelphia Avenue and Highway 60, in Jurupa Valley. Driving under the influence is suspected as a contributing factor in the crash, a sheriff official said after the wreck. Deputies, firefighters […]

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UPDATE: HEMET: Man who killed Menifee resident was drunk, traveling over 100 mph, say officials

UPDATED: Tuesday, Sept. 4, 10 p.m. HEMET — Authorities investigating a fatal, multiple-vehicle, traffic collision that happened Thursday, Aug 31, at about 7 p.m., announced the arrest of the driver who caused the DUI-related crash. Hemet police officials arrested Augustin Perala Jimenez, 48, of Hemet, Sunday, Sept. 3. He was arrested about 7 p.m., as he was being released from a local hospital, according to […]

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UPDATED: HEMET: DUI suspected in crash that killed San Jacinto man, victim ID’d

UPDATE: Thursday, Aug. 3, 1:45 p.m. HEMET — Riverside County Sheriff – Coroner’s officials have identified the victim killed in last Friday’s fatal traffic collision as Gabriel Deniz, 52, of San Jacinto. A coroner’s release indicated Deniz died at the Riverside University Health Systems – Medical Center, just less than nine hours after he was involved in the accident. He was pronounced dead by […]

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UPDATED: HEMET: Mother killed in head-on wreck was under the influence, say officials

UPDATED: Monday, July 24, 4:45 p.m. HEMET — Officials reported this morning that a mother who died in a head-on collision Thursday, July 20, showed signs she may have been under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs when she allowed her car to drift into the path of another oncoming car. The deadly wreck happened on Stetson Avenue near the Hemet Ryan […]

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HEMET: DUI suspected in fiery, two-car wreck

Timothy Franzese of Public Safety Incidents contributed to this report.   HEMET — Reports of a fiery wreck in Hemet brought emergency first responders from multiple agencies rushing to the scene Saturday, June 3. The crash, which caused one vehicle to burst into flames, happened at the intersection of Domenigoni and Searl Parkways in Hemet. The accident happened at the […]

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PERRIS: Marijuana impairment leads to DUI charges after minor-injury collision

PERRIS – A two-vehicle wreck resulted in the arrest of a man, accused of driving while under the influence of marijuana Wednesday, May 10. The accident happened on the 1100 Block of N. Perris Boulevard, near Nuevo Road, in Perris. After investigating the cause of the minor-injury traffic collision, officials arrested Salvador Velazquez-Madrigal, 20, of Perris, Riverside Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason […]

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HEMET: Neighborhood reeling after drunk driver smashes into 6 cars, 3 structures

Robert Carter of Public Safety Incidents contributed to this report. HEMET – A man was arrested for driving under the influence after he attempted to flee from an early-morning wreck, Tuesday, May 9. The accidents happened on S. Santa Fe Street near Mayberry Avenue in Hemet. Officials have not released the name of the alleged drunk driver, who was described as […]

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Community in mourning after homeless 3-year-old killed while crossing street

SAN BERNARDINO – A community is in mourning and a family is grieving the loss of their beloved, 3-year-old child, after the toddler was run down by an alleged drunk driver Thursday evening, April 27. The child was struck by a pickup truck while he was crossing a busy San Bernardino street with his family. The family was inside a marked […]

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UPDATED: PERRIS: DUI and excessive speed suspected in solo-vehicle wreck that killed Moreno Valley man

UPDATE: April 10, 3 p.m. (See original story below.) PERRIS – Coroner officials have identified a man who died after the driver lost control of his speeding car and smashed broadside into a traffic signal pole Saturday, April 8. The wreck, which one official called a “violent and unnecessary traffic collision fatality,” happened at the intersection of Indian Avenue and Markham Street in […]

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