News From Around The County
LA QUINTA – Sheriff’s officials arrested a woman who was allegedly involved in a DUI-related hit and run traffic collision Friday, March 24. The hit and run happened on Washington Street and Ave. 47 in La Quinta. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s La Quinta Police Station responded to reports of a hit and run traffic collision about 5:10 p.m. […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Four people were injured, including one who was left in critical condition, when a vehicle smashed into a tree Monday, March 20. Officials believe alcohol and/or drug intoxication were contributing factors in the collision. The major-injury accident happened on Iris Avenue west of Oliver Street in Moreno Valley. The accident forced the overnight closure of eastbound Iris Avenue, between […]
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TEMECULA – A man was injured in an early morning, single-vehicle traffic accident when his vehicle smashed head-on into a Southern California Edison pole Thursday, March 16. The pole, which is located in the area of Temecula Parkway west of Meadows Parkway in Temecula, was sheared in half from the impact. Deputies responded to the area about 4:18 a.m., after receiving […]
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MENIFEE – A Menifee resident was arrested after an incident that began when the alleged suspect physically assaulted another man then hit the victim with his car in a Menifee parking lot. After the attack, the suspect led a sheriff’s motorcycle officer on a pursuit that ended when the fleeing man crashed into two cars at the intersection of Scott and Leon Roads in […]
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PERRIS – Four people were injured in a two-vehicle, head-on traffic collision Sunday, Feb. 5. The DUI-related accident happened in the 900 block of E. Nuevo Road in Perris. The driver of the vehicle that caused the accident, who was identified as Arnulfo Barba, 25, of Murrieta, was arrested, cited, and released from jail for a warrant related to possession […]
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PALM DESERT – A man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after a single vehicle, rollover traffic accident Saturday, Feb. 4. The accident happened in the area of Edgehill Drive and Bursera Way in Palm Desert. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Palm Desert Police station and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of […]
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COACHELLA – An Indio resident was arrested, suspected of driving under the influence, after his vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle Sunday, Jan. 1. The collision happened in the area of Avenue 52 and Cypress Street in Coachella. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Coachella Police station responded to the location about 5:38 p.m., after Riverside County emergency dispatchers received a […]
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By Miguel Shannon of Epicenter News Hemet – On Sept. 23 around 7 a.m. multiple callers reported a vehicle crashed into a power pole on State Street just south of Fruitvale Avenue. The Hemet Fire Dept responded with the Hemet Police Department. The fire department checked the driver for injuries and found she had none. After doing multiple field sobriety […]
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By Will Whelan of Hemet Valley Incidents D.U.I related TC on Sanderson and Mustang Way in Hemet on 10/13/16 All photos by Will Whelan.
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The driver of the Toyota that caused the nearly head-on collision sustained major traumatic injuries. She was later arrested for DUI. Aric Bell photo HEMET – A woman sustained major injuries when a vehicle she was driving drifted into the opposing lanes of traffic and collided nearly head on with a vehicle occupied by a family of five, according to […]
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