UPDATE: Officials ID Hemet man after pursuit ends in four-vehicle wreck

UPDATED: Thursday, July 2, 12:40 p.m. See Original Story, Photos and Video below. HEMET, Calif. — Officials who arrested a probationer yesterday morning after a short Hemet pursuit led to a four-vehicle crash involving a stolen vehicle have identified the man who was apprehended after trying to flee on foot from the multi-vehicle wreck. City of Hemet police officers began […]

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Speeding in Hemet construction zone leads to head-on crash

HEMET, Calif. — Two people were injured, including one critically, after a speeding car swerved into oncoming traffic after nearly plowing into the back of a vehicle stuck in traffic inside a construction zone, and smashed head-on into an SUV Tuesday afternoon, May 26. The collision happened on SR-74, east of California Ave., according to officials now investigating the major-injury […]

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Hemet pedestrian recovering after hit by pickup

HEMET — A man who was crossing a Hemet street was injured after he was struck by a pickup truck Sunday evening, Dec. 15. Although officials investigating last night’s collision have not specified if the victim was using a marked crosswalk when he was hit near the intersection of Florida Ave. and Lyon Ave., witnesses and the driver who hit […]

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Minor Hemet fender-bender leads to roadside fight

HEMET — According to witnesses, two men “let their testosterone get to them” leading to a street-side fight after a minor damage traffic collision earlier today, Monday, Oct. 21. Although one of the men involved in the fight sustained minor injuries during the scuffle, which happened near the intersection of Florida and California avenues on the city’s west end, neither […]

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Couple arguing ejected, one killed, in SR-74 head-on crash

HOMELAND — A couple arguing while driving through Homeland led to a fatal, head-on collision that left two people ejected – and one dead – from one of the involved vehicles, Monday afternoon, Aug. 19. The deadly crash, which killed a Hemet woman and injured three other people, happened in the 33000 block of SR-74, about a half-mile west of […]

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Motorcyclist seriously injured after Hemet crash

HEMET — Authorities are investigating the cause of a two-vehicle collision that hospitalized a motorcyclist with serious injuries this morning, Saturday, July 27. The major injury crash happened on Florida Ave., between Harvard and State streets. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: One dead after fire rips through San Jacinto home Murrieta teen dies after two-vehicle Elsinore wreck Drunk Elsinore parolee nabbed […]

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Two hospitalized after Hemet “T-Bone” crash

HEMET — A couple was hospitalized this morning, Sunday, July 14, after a vehicle reportedly ran a red light and plowed broadside into their car as they were leaving Hemet’s Winco parking lot at the intersection of Florida Ave and Promenade Dr. LEADING THE SAN JACINTO VALLEY HEADLINES: SJ man arrested after double shooting that killed man, wounded boy, 10 […]

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Big-rig takes out Hemet power pole and fence, overturns

HEMET — No injuries were reported after the driver of a tractor-trailer dump combo lost control of his vehicle and mowed down a power pole and section of fence, before the big-rig overturned and spilled its load of sand, Wednesday, July 3. Yesterday evening’s crash happened in Hemet on West Florida Ave., just west of Warren Rd., on the city’s […]

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One hospitalized after Hemet rollover crash

HEMET — One person was reportedly hospitalized after a two-vehicle rollover traffic collision in Hemet, late yesterday afternoon, Saturday, June 22. Yesterday’s crash happened on W. Florida Ave., near 4 Seasons Blvd., on the city’s west end. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Sage missing person case now a murder investigation – One in custody Man caught having sex with girl inside […]

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Woman dies in fiery Hemet rollover wreck

HEMET — A woman was killed in a solo-vehicle rollover crash on the outskirts of Hemet’s west end late last night, June 9. The fatal accident, which was the second deadly crash in Hemet last night, happened on SR-74, west of Four Seasons Blvd. The other deadly crash happened at the intersection of N. Lyon and Commonwealth avenues and killed […]

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