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UPDATE: March 9, 9:30 a.m. HEMET – City of Hemet police officials are seeking the public’s help identifying a hit and run driver who struck and killed an elderly pedestrian Tuesday evening, March 7. The victim was fatally struck while he was walking across a busy Hemet Street. The fatal accident happened about 6:18 p.m., in the middle of the roadway […]
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CORONA – Authorities arrested two subjects after a dangerous pursuit wound its way from the city of Corona to the city of Riverside Sunday morning, Jan. 15. The pursuit eventually ended in the area of La Sierra and Indiana Avenues after the fleeing suspect crashed into another car and the two occupants fled from the disabled vehicle on foot into a […]
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BEAUMONT – City of Beaumont police officials announced that they identified and located a suspect who left a pedestrian in critical condition after a hit and run traffic collision Friday Dec. 23. The incident happened in the area of California Avenue just north of 4th Street. After the female victim was struck, she was left laying on the railroad tracks with major […]
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Robert Carter of Public Safety Incidents contributed to this report HEMET – A pedestrian attempting to legally cross Florida Avenue in an established cross walk was struck by a hit and run driver Thursday, Jan. 5. The vehicle versus pedestrian hit and run happened at the intersection of Florida and Palm Avenues about 7:30 p.m. City of Hemet Police and […]
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UPDATED: 1/1/2016 With information about suspect vehicle BEAUMONT – City of Beaumont police officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating a vehicle that was involved in a vehicle versus pedestrian collision that left a victim in critical condition. The incident happened Friday, Dec. 23, in the area of 4th Street and California Avenue south of […]
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UPDATE: 12/23/2016 8:46 p.m. Coroner’s officials have identified the man killed in last Thursday’s fatal hit and run traffic collision as Michael Horton, 37, of Norco. Although coroner’s officials were not able to determine when Horton was struck, his time of death was listed as 5:53 a.m. Sheriff’s officials have not identified any suspect’s in the deadly incident and are […]
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THERMAL – A man who was struck by a hit and run driver and left to die in the roadway was run over by a second vehicle Tuesday, Dec. 20. The hit and run and second accident happened on Hwy 86 south of Avenue 52. The man died from his injuries. Coroner’s officials later identified the victim as Juan Hernandez, […]
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A 19-year-old Moreno Valley woman was killed when a hit and run driver smashed into her car this morning in Riverside. Everardo Rodriguez photo UPDATE #3: 12/09/2016 9:38 p.m. An updated jail record search revealed Erasco Gomez, the alleged suspect in this morning’s fatal hit and run traffic collision that killed 19-year-old Linda Rodriguez, was booked into jail on suspicion […]
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PALM DESERT – Deputies arrested a Calexico woman after she smashed into a person driving a golf cart and fled the scene Monday, Nov. 28. The hit and run collision happened on Country Club Drive just west of Portola Avenue in Palm Desert. After the collision the driver of the SUV involved in the hit and run, later identified as Guadalupe […]
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Deputies and other sheriff’s officials discuss the multiple hit and run collisions. William Hayes photo William Hayes contributed to this report MORENO VALLEY – Citizens were forced to detain an alleged hit and run suspect after he smashed into four other cars in two separate collisions Wednesday, Nov. 30. The first collision happened shortly before 6 p.m., at the intersection of […]
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