News From Around The County
PERRIS – One person died and two others were injured in a fiery, head-on traffic collision Tuesday evening, May 2, according to California Highway Patrol and Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire officials. The deadly accident happened near the intersection of Harley John and Cajalco Roads east of Lake Mathews in an unincorporated area of Perris. CHP officers and other emergency first responders were […]
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UPDATE: May 3, 7 p.m. Coroner’s officials have identified the pedestrian who was killed while crossing San Jacinto Avenue, Tuesday morning, May 2. Officials identified the victim as Darrick Peters, 21, of Hemet. According to officials, Peters died after he was struck by an SUV. Peters was pronounced dead at the scene of the traffic accident at 5:31 a.m. Officials are […]
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JURUPA VALLEY – Sheriff’s officials are investigating after a man was fatally shot Tuesday, May 2. The fatal early morning shooting happened on the 9200 block of Jurupa Road near the intersection of Van Buren Boulevard in Jurupa Valley. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Jurupa Valley Police Station were dispatched to the location about 3 a.m., after emergency dispatchers received a […]
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RIVERSIDE – Authorities arrested a Riverside resident after a fist fight led to the fatal stabbing of another Riverside resident at a Riverside restaurant Sunday, April 30. The stabbing happened at the T.G.I. Friday’s restaurant in the Galleria at Tyler shopping mall parking lot at 3487 Tyler Street in Riverside. The suspect was later detained at an area hospital and identified […]
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RIVERSIDE – Officials have identified a man who as killed while crossing a Riverside street Wednesday afternoon, April 26. The fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accident happened on Martin Luther King Boulevard west of Douglass Avenue. According to officials, the victim was not inside a marked cross walk when he was struck while crossing the street. Riverside County Coroner officials later identified the […]
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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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RIVERSIDE – Officials are investigating after a man was fatally shot near the City of Riverside’s Downtown Entertainment District Thursday, April 27. The fatal, early-morning shooting happened less than one-quarter mile from the Riverside Convention Center, on the 3300 block of Fourth Street near Lime Street. The victim, who died at the scene, has not yet been identified, pending notification […]
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TEMECULA – A bicyclist has died after he was struck by a pickup truck Wednesday evening, April 26. The deadly accident happened in the area of Temecula and Pechanga Parkways in Temecula. Despite life-saving efforts, the bicyclist succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead by medical staff at the hospital the today, Thursday, April 27. The victim has not yet been identified, […]
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UPDATE: April 25, 3 p.m. HEMET – Riverside County Coroner’s officials have identified the victim killed in yesterday’s fatal motorcycle accident that happened on Mountain Avenue west of Cedar Avenue in an unincorporated area of Hemet. Officials identified the man as Robert Pittenger, 58, of Hemet. Pittinger was pronounced dead at 2:12 p.m., less than twenty minutes after he lost control of […]
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UPDATE: April 23, 8:50 p.m. Riverside County Coroner officials have identified the person killed in yesterday morning’s fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accident when he struck while darting across the freeway. Officials identified the victim as Juan Escutia, 51, of San Bernardino. Escutia was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident less than ten minutes after the accident was reported, at […]
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