News From Around The County
UPDATED: Monday, Feb. 21, 10:19 a.m., With release of Coroner’s information. Originally Published: Wednesday, Feb. 16, 6:42 a.m. RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say excessive speed and failure to stop at a posted stop sign are suspected as contributing factors in a fatal crash that killed a motorist when she plowed at high speed into a freeway retaining wall in Riverside […]
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CORONA, Calif., — Authorities say a motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a tree in Corona early Saturday evening, Feb. 19. No other vehicles were involved in the fatal accident, which happened on eastbound Foothill Parkway, east of Paseo Grande, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: CHP: Traveling more than 100 mph on I-15 and not wearing seatbelts, Wildomar men […]
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WILDOMAR, Calif., — Authorities say a pair of local men were killed in a high-speed rollover collision with another vehicle while traveling on Interstate 15 in Wildomar early Saturday morning. Neither of the victims were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the collision, according to CHP. This morning’s deadly accident along with several other recent Riverside County fatal crashes […]
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BEAUMONT, Calif., — Newly released video footage of a deadly officer and deputy-involved shooting that occurred in Beaumont last December is helping to shed light on the circumstances that led to the death of a wanted felon. The video also showed the simultaneous and heroic rescue of an officer – amidst heavy gunfire – who was left trapped and injured […]
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TEMESCAL VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities say a motorist was killed in a two-vehicle DUI collision in the unincorporated Temescal Valley area south of Corona early Saturday morning, Feb. 12. The driver who reportedly caused the fatal crash, which happened on the northbound I-15 at the Weirick Road offramp, was later arrested for murder and DUI-related charges. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Lake […]
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MENIFEE, Calif., — Although details are continuing to emerge, officials today confirmed that a Lake Elsinore teen was killed in an apparent single-vehicle crash in Menifee Sunday morning, Feb. 13. The deadly crash happened in the area of Briggs and Curzulla roads, according to Menifee PD and Cal Fire officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Homeland man arrested in fatal hit […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say a motorist was killed after crashing into the back of a tractor-trailer combo on the southbound I-215 at the University Avenue off-ramp in Riverside late Friday evening, Feb. 11. Officials are continuing to search for the driver of the big rig, who did not stop at the scene of the crash and has not yet […]
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CORONA, Calif., — Authorities say a motorist has died after a solo-vehicle DUI-related crash in Corona Thursday evening, Feb. 10. The deadly accident, which sent another person to the hospital with serious injuries, happened near the intersection of East Sixth Street and South Promenade/Magnolia Avenue. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Two injured after truck crashes in wash tunnel under Menifee street […]
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MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities are continuing to search for a driver who fled the scene of a collision that killed a local man early Saturday morning, Feb. 12. The victim’s lifeless body was discovered by a sheriff’s deputy conducting routine patrol, according to officials. Investigators are now asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the driver who fled the […]
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HEMET, Calif., — Authorities say a man was arrested after leaving the scene of a fatal collision involving a bicyclist in an unincorporated area west of Hemet Thursday evening, Feb. 10. Although the hit and run driver fled the scene of the accident, which happened on California Avenue south of Stetson Avenue, he was eventually tracked down to his Homeland […]
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