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LAKE MATHEWS, Calif., — Authorities say three people were hospitalized, including one victim who was airlifted to an area trauma center in critical condition, after a head-on collision involving two pickup trucks north of Lake Mathews Friday afternoon, April 29. Although one of the trucks was towing a trailer with a horse on board when the accident occurred, the horse […]
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LAKE MATHEWS, Calif. — Authorities say a property owner shot and killed a former resident during a violent altercation in the unincorporated community of Lake Mathews, south of Riverside and northwest of Perris, Thursday evening, Jan. 21. Sheriff’s officials are calling the shooting, which happened in the 21000 block of Harford Park Lane, self-defense and no arrests have been made. […]
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MEAD VALLEY, Calif. — Three men, including one who was ejected, were hospitalized at the end of a dangerous, high-speed pursuit of a stolen pickup truck Tuesday, Jan. 12. The chase ended when a CHP officer utilized a pursuit intervention (PIT) maneuver near Lake Mathews. The chase lasted more than an hour and began on the eastbound 60 Freeway west […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Nov. 19, 12:23 p.m. See Original Story and Video below. LAKE MATHEWS, Calif. — Officials have identified a married couple who died after a solo-vehicle crash in Lake Mathews sometime Wednesday morning, Nov. 18. Although there were no witnesses to the deadly accident, the couple was pronounced deceased after their wrecked vehicle was found in an open field […]
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LAKE MATHEWS, Calif. — Authorities today are continuing to investigate a shooting in the Lake Mathews area that left two people dead and two others in critical condition early Saturday morning, Nov. 14. A fifth shooting victim was treated and released after yesterday’s fatal incident, which happened in the hills west of La Sierra Avenue and Tin Mine Road. LEADING […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Nov. 5, 11 a.m., With coroner’s release of information. Originally published: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 12:35 p.m. LAKE MATHEWS, Calif. — Authorities have identified a couple who were killed when a big rig slammed head-on into their sedan on the south side of Lake Mathews Tuesday morning, Nov. 3. The head-on collision happened on Cajalco Rd., just west of […]
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LAKE MATHEWS, Calif. — Authorities say a man has been arrested in the shooting death of his roommate in a residential neighborhood in the unincorporated area of Lake Hills, north of Lake Mathews, Monday evening, Aug. 17. The deadly shooting and arrest, which happened at a two-story home on the 17000 block of Canyon Creek Ct., between Lakepoint Dr. and La […]
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LAKE MATHEWS — Officials yesterday announced the arrest of a man they say was responsible for the fatal 2018 shooting of a man during an armed robbery of illegally grown and harvested marijuana plants on a rural residential property in Lake Mathews. The man charged in the year-old homicide, 37-year-old, Raul Soberanis, now sits in a Riverside County jail, held […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Oct. 11, With correction and additional details. LAKE MATHEWS — CHP is at the scene of a major-injury crash involving a person who was ejected from an SUV that slammed head-on into a utility transformer, went airborne and overturned, and then burst into flames. The single-vehicle crash happened on Lake Mathews Dr., near Richey Dr. and Eagle View […]
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LAKE MATHEWS — Several different law enforcement and fire department and emergency-care agencies, including Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, Riverside and Corona Police Departments, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, American Medical Response and three aviation units, worked together to locate and rescue an off-road motorcyclist who sustained major, traumatic injuries when he crashed his motorcycle, Sunday, Aug. 13. A Riverside PD […]
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