News From Around The County
HEMET — Two people were hospitalized after a three-vehicle, head-on collision, Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 22. The accident happened at the intersection of E. Florida and N. Buena Vista Street in Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel along with American Medical Response medics were dispatched to the scene of the injury crash just after 1 p.m., after other motorists and witnesses […]
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HEMET — A woman was seriously injured when she was struck by a car that fled the scene, Saturday evening, Nov. 18. The vehicle versus pedestrian collision happened in front of the Circle K on the 700 block of W. Florida Avenue in Hemet. Officials say they have several leads they are following up on; however, they have not yet made any […]
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HEMET — A hit and run suspect led officers on a bizarre, twenty-minute long pursuit that ended about one mile from where the incident began, Sunday morning, Nov. 19. During the early morning pursuit, the man who led officers on the slow-speed chase made about one dozen U-Turns on Florida Avenue, never driving much further than about one mile from […]
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HEMET — Officials have identified a man killed when he was struck by a pickup truck Tuesday, Oct. 31. The fatal accident happened when a man, who was believed to be under the influence of alcohol, stepped in front of a vehicle near the intersection of Lyon and Florida Avenues in the City of Hemet. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials identified Robert Orrell, 53, of […]
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HEMET — A sheriff deputy shot and wounded a parolee who authorities say led deputies on an early morning vehicle pursuit before pointing a gun at officials at the end of the chase. The suspect sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the Sunday, Oct. 8 officer-involved shooting that happened west of the intersection of W. Florida Avenue and Warren Road in the city of Hemet. As […]
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HEMET — Authorities are investigating a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accident that happened Wednesday evening, Oct. 4. The deadly crash occurred when a man, who was possibly intoxicated according to police officials, attempted to cross mid-block on Florida Avenue, between Meridian and Stanford Streets, in Hemet. The pedestrian was not using a marked cross walk when he was struck. Riverside County […]
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HEMET — A man who led law enforcement officials from multiple local agencies was arrested – but later released without charges – after a dangerous, stolen-vehicle pursuit that began in Moreno Valley came to a crashing end in Hemet, Tuesday evening, Sept. 12. At times, the pursuit involved deputies from Moreno Valley, Perris, Menifee and Hemet, as well as officers from California […]
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UPDATE: Wednesday, June 7, 6:30 p.m. HEMET — Officials have identified a man killed in a two-vehicle, head-on crash Wednesday morning, June 7. The deadly wreck happened on Highway 74 – which is also known as Florida Avenue within the City of Hemet city limits – at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Lake Street. The deadly wreck was the second […]
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HEMET — A suspected drunk driver who was driving with a suspended license was taken into custody after he smashed into the rear-end of another vehicle in an early-morning, two vehicle wreck Wednesday, May 31. The accident, that sent a second car careening into a concrete light pole, happened on Florida Avenue east of Elk Street in Hemet. City of […]
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A CHP officer is seen performing chest compressions on the downed motorcyclist. Several officers, medics and firefighters took turns performing CPR on the fatally injured rider. John Strangis photo HEMET – A motorcyclist died Wednesday morning, April 12, after he was struck from behind by a driver who said she had not seen the motorcycle before smashing into it. The driver […]
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