Tag: Freeway

BEAUMONT: Crash creates rush hour crunch after car loses control, plows into tree

BEAUMONT — Officials are investigating a solo-vehicle accident after a vehicle exiting the 10 Freeway at the Beaumont Avenue/Hwy 79 off-ramp lost control, slid off the roadway and down an embankment before plowing head-on into a tree earlier this evening. Rain-slicked roads and excessive speed for the wet conditions may have been contributing factors in the crash. CHP, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire […]

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DESERT CENTER: 100 gallons of diesel spilled after big-rig, RV crash

DESERT CENTER — Fire and environmental health officials spent just over an hour stopping a large fuel spill after a semi-truck and motor home collided Wednesday night, Mar. 27. Caltrans workers then spent about two additional hours cleaning up about 100 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled onto eastbound Interstate 10, west of Eagle Mountain Road, in Desert Center.  Emergency first responders […]

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MENIFEE: Winchester man, struck by big-rig while walking on freeway, dies

MENIFEE — A man walking in the lanes of traffic on I-215 near the Keller Road overpass was struck by a big-rig pulling a trailer, early Saturday morning, Jan. 20. The man died several hours after being rushed to a local hospital. The area where the early morning accident happened is along the border of Murrieta to the east and Menifee to […]

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MENIFEE: Two dead, two injured, after I-215 multi-vehicle crash

MENIFEE — Two people died and two others were injured Monday evening, Jan. 15, in a multiple-vehicle, traffic collision that happened on the southbound Interstate 215, between McCall Boulevard and Ethanac Road, in Menifee. One of the drivers told officials at the scene he was a reporter/photographer headed home to San Diego after spending the afternoon obtaining footage of a home […]

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REDDING: Man, 58, fatally struck by commercial big-rig while walking in traffic on I-5

REDDING — Officials are investigating after a 58-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer semi-truck on Interstate 5 Wednesday evening, Dec. 27. The deadly accident happened near the Cypress Avenue exit in Redding. California Highway Patrol officials along with City of Redding Police and Fire personnel and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the fatal collision about 8:40 p.m., after […]

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JURUPA VALLEY: Man seriously injured when vehicle smashes into light pole, trees

JURUPA VALLEY — Officials are investigating after a motorist was seriously injured and suffered life-threatening injuries in a single-vehicle traffic collision, Friday, Dec. 1. The early morning, major-injury accident happened when the victim’s vehicle left the eastbound Highway 60 and smashed into a light pole and group of trees along the side of the freeway at the Country Village off-ramp in Jurupa Valley. California Highway Patrol […]

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RIVERSIDE: 11 girls headed to basketball game among 15 injured in 91 Freeway pile-up

RIVERSIDE — Almost one dozen girls from an Orange County girl’s basketball team were among fifteen people injured in a five-vehicle, chain reaction accident Thursday Nov. 16. The mass-casualty collision happened on the eastbound 91 Freeway, east of Adams Street, in Riverside. The girls, whose ages ranged from 11 to 16, attend Newport Christian School in Newport Beach and were […]

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EASTVALE: Driver killed in fiery wreck after car hits concrete overpass pillar

EASTVALE — A motorist died after their vehicle plowed into a concrete freeway overpass pillar and burst into flames, Saturday morning, Oct. 21. The deadly, early morning accident happened on the eastbound Highway 60 at the Milliken Street on-ramp, just west of Interstate 15, in Eastvale. California Highway Patrol officers, Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and other emergency first responders were […]

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RIVERSIDE: Three survive being crushed when UPS truck overturns on their vehicle

RIVERSIDE — At least three people were hospitalized after a UPS truck overturned, landing on top of a compact sedan, crushing it almost beyond recognition, Wednesday morning Aug. 23. The early-morning accident happened in the eastbound lanes of the 60 Freeway near the downtown Riverside area, between Main and Orange Streets. City of Riverside Police and Fire officials, California Highway Patrol officers and American Medical Response medics […]

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BANNING: Two hospitalized after plane crashes alongside I-10

BANNING — A plane that crashed in Banning sent both occupants from the plane to the hospital, June 2. The plane went down near John and Hargrave Streets in Banning, alongside Interstate 10, according to fire officials. According to witnesses, the plane’s wing appeared to have clipped several trees as the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing. The wrecked plane came […]

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