News From Around The County
HEMET — Despite the presence of uniformed police employees holding and twirling large signs reminding pedestrians to “use the pedestrian signal” at three different City of Hemet intersections along busy Highway 74, Traffic Team officers on motorcycles stopped 17 people who chose not to heed the warnings and decided instead to illegally and dangerously cross the road. Also known as Florida Avenue […]
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HEMET — A driver was transported in critical condition after possibly suffering a medical emergency while driving toward Hemet earlier this evening. The accident happened at the border of Hemet, at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Dartmouth Street. Officials found the unconscious driver after the victim’s vehicle careened out of control, crossing all opposing lanes of traffic on Florida Avenue. The car then crashed through a medical center […]
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HEMET — Last Friday the 13th turned out very unlucky for several victims injured in a four vehicle chain of several accidents that happened when an allegedly intoxicated man tried to flee the scene the scene of a first accident he caused. The accidents happened at the intersection of S. Sanderson and W. Acacia Avenues in Hemet. The driver who reportedly caused the accidents […]
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HEMET — Just days after the “successful” roll out of Hemet PD’s new Pedestrian Safety Campaign, aimed at curbing vehicle versus pedestrian accidents and educating both the walking and driving public about pedestrian related traffic laws, officials are once again investigating a collision between a vehicle and jaywalking pedestrian who reportedly “ran straight out into traffic” before being struck earlier this […]
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HEMET — One person was hospitalized earlier this evening after a four-vehicle, chain-reaction, head-on collision. The accident, that caused the temporary closure of Florida Avenue during rush hour traffic, happened at the intersection of Florida and Taquitz Avenues, in Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with AMR medics responded to the scene of the accident shortly before 6 p.m., […]
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HEMET — Citing numerous recent major injury and fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accidents, one area law enforcement agency has decided to try to tackle the problem – which many from throughout the San Jacinto Valley are calling an epidemic – with a new Pedestrian Safety Campaign aimed at educating the public about laws that affect both motorists and pedestrians alike. Other […]
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UPDATE: Thursday, Apr. 12, 4:30 p.m. HEMET — Area real estate agent Greg Treadwell, injured yesterday afternoon when another Hemet resident plowed into the 70-year-old man’s motorcycle and fled the scene, is recovering and grateful for the outpouring of love and support he has been receiving from the community he has called home for much of his adult life. Although […]
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HEMET — Sheriff’s officials have confirmed they are conducting an unattended death investigation after a man’s lifeless body was found along a hiking trail Sunday afternoon, Apr. 8. The victim’s body was discovered between Hemet and Mountain Center, along a hiking trail off SR-74, about seven miles east of Bee Canyon. Area resident Cindy Haskin later explained her adult son and a friend […]
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HEMET — Very few details are known and officials have not yet released any information following a stabbing in downtown Hemet, early Saturday morning, Apr. 7. Although the incident reportedly happened at Rob Kelly’s After 5 Cocktail Lounge at 133 North Harvard Street, between E. Latham and E. Florida Avenues, officials have not yet confirmed the exact location where the stabbing occurred. SEE ALSO: Hemet police […]
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HEMET — A man who fled from a traffic stop and reportedly ditched a gun in some bushes inside a busy shopping center was apprehended and arrested Thursday evening, Apr. 5. The incident began about 7:15 p.m., when City of Hemet police officials conducted a traffic enforcement stop on a gold Mazda sedan along the northeast corner of Sanderson and Florida Avenues in Hemet. After the car stopped a […]
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