News From Around The County
PERRIS — A motorcyclist died in a fiery crash with a big-rig early yesterday evening, Saturday, June 1. Yesterday’s fatal collision happened in Perris, on I-215 near Ethanac Rd. The deadly crash was the second fatal motorcycle collision in the Inland Empire reported over the weekend, with the other happening in San Jacinto, when a speeding motorcyclist plowed broadside into […]
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PERRIS — A truck driver was left trapped and injured after the cement mixer he was driving overturned on the southbound 215 Freeway, north of the Harley Knox off ramp, early this morning, Friday, May 24. The driver was eventually extricated from the wrecked big-rig and hospitalized with moderate injuries, according to CHP and Cal Fire officials. This morning’s accident […]
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SAN BERNARDINO — A naked man who was seen running back and forth across I-215 in San Bernardino died after he was struck by at least two vehicles Tuesday evening, March 19. The bizarre and deadly incident happened between Mill St. and Auto Center Dr., and caused the hours-long closure of the southbound I-215. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Lake Elsinore […]
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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 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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UPDATE: April 23, 8:50 p.m. Riverside County Coroner officials have identified the person killed in yesterday morning’s fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accident when he struck while darting across the freeway. Officials identified the victim as Juan Escutia, 51, of San Bernardino. Escutia was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident less than ten minutes after the accident was reported, at […]
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HIGHGROVE – Several people suffered minor injuries in a single-vehicle, rollover traffic accident Monday evening, April 10. The over-turned vehicle, which left three of four lanes on the southbound I-215 Freeway blocked. The location where the accident happened just north of Center Street and is less than two miles north of the 91/60/215 interchange in Riverside. The accident left many evening […]
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UPDATE: 1/9/2016 4:30 p.m. With coroner’s release of information MURRIETA – A 23-year-old Chula Vista resident died when he was struck by at least four vehicles on the southbound Interstate 215 Freeway Sunday, Jan. 8. The man was killed about 8:20 p.m., while he was attempting to run across lanes of traffic after his vehicle broke down on the freeway, according to […]
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UPDATE: 12/30/2016 7 p.m. RIVERSIDE – Riverside police officials announced the arrest of a man accused of two recent attempted sexual assaults and robberies that occurred along the I-215 Freeway in Riverside. The two incidents happened on Friday, Dec. 23 and Thursday, Dec. 29. In both incidents the suspect, who was later identified as Joseph Pete Macias, 34, of Riverside, used his SUV […]
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MENIFEE – A double vehicle rollover left two vehicles badly damaged but resulted in only minor injuries and complaints of pain Sunday, Oct. 9. The accident happened just before 4:00 p.m. along the southbound lanes of the Interstate 215 Freeway, south of Scott Road and Bonnies Way. Two vehicles, including a black Chevrolet pickup truck and a silver Chevrolet sedan, were […]
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