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BEAUMONT, Calif., — Authorities say six people were hospitalized after a vehicle careened off Hwy 79 south of Beaumont Tuesday morning, Feb. 15. Initial and unconfirmed early reports from the scene indicated several people may have been ejected from the small passenger vehicle as it overturned multiple times down a steep and rocky embankment while traveling through Lamb Canyon, just […]
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AGUANGA, Calif., — Authorities say a local man was killed in a two-vehicle, head-on crash early Tuesday morning, Nov. 23. A second victim was airlifted after the deadly crash, which occurred on Highway 79 South, about a half-mile east of Sage Road, in the unincorporated community of Aguanga. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Moreno Valley man, 25, ID’d after murdered in […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Nov. 17, 10:52 a.m. See Original Story below. BEAUMONT, Calif., — Authorities who are continuing to work at the scene of a seven-vehicle, multi-injury crash along Hwy 79 between Beaumont and the San Jacinto valley announced moments ago that both directions of travel through Lamb Canyon have been reopened. However, traffic remains heavily congested through the area and […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, May 26, 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., With additional details. WINCHESTER, Calif. — Authorities say an intoxicated driver with two prior Riverside County DUI arrests was arrested again after causing a deadly, three-vehicle, chain reaction crash that killed a Winchester woman Friday afternoon, May 22. Superior Court records indicate the alleged suspect, Joshua Asimovic Morris, 34, of Temecula, […]
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TEMECULA — A Hemet man was killed when he lost control of his speeding motorcycle and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer big-rig, Thursday evening, Jan. 30. Alcohol intoxication was considered a contributing factor in the deadly crash, which happened on Hwy 79/Temecula Parkway, between Butterfield Stage and Anza roads, in an unincorporated area just east of Temecula, CHP has since […]
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BEAUMONT — Officials are conducting a death investigation after a person’s lifeless body was discovered over the weekend inside a vehicle in the Lamb Canyon area, on Highway 79 just north of California Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Injured paraglider airlifted after San Jacinto crash Two seriously injured in Hemet road rage incident Elsinore woman ID’d after fatal Wildomar hit […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Apr. 10, 9 p.m. SEE ORIGINAL STORY AND PHOTOS BELOW FRENCH VALLEY — An allegedly intoxicated man who officials say ran a red light and plowed broadside into a car was briefly hospitalized and then arrested Sunday, April 8. The DUI-related accident caused a fiery, four-vehicle, chain-reaction accident that killed a Winchester woman. The accused drunk driver remains in custody on $1 million bail. Riverside […]
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Officials are investigating a non-injury traffic collision between a bus carrying county inmates and another vehicle along Highway 79/Lamb Canyon. The Tuesday evening accident, which caused a brief SigAlert, happened on the southbound side of the highway in an unincorporated area, south of Beaumont and north of San Jacinto. California Highway Patrol officers, Riverside County Sheriff’s officials and other emergency first responders were […]
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Few details have been released after a Hemet resident was killed in an early-morning, three-vehicle wreck this morning, Tuesday, Nov. 29. The fatal, rollover accident happened on Highway 79, between the cities of San Jacinto and Beaumont. The collision was reported at 5:52 a.m. Coroner’s officials later identified Robyn Baylon, 45, of Hemet, as the victim killed in the collision. According to […]
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