Medical Crisis – Riverside County News Source

“Significant medical event” suspected after Cottonwood man found dead after Redding solo-vehicle crash

March 9, 2022 Trevor Montgomery

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a medical crisis may have led to a man’s death after he was found unresponsive and not breathing inside his pickup truck after a minor, solo-vehicle accident in Redding early Tuesday morning, March 8. The fatal incident happened on Churn Creek Road, between Douglas Lane and HIllmonte Drive, and forced the hours-long partial closure of […]

Medical crisis on Burney area logging road leaves rig driver dead

December 30, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

BURNEY, Calif. — California Highway Patrol has confirmed a big-rig driver died while traveling on a remote dirt logging road in the Intermountain area near Burney, about ten miles south of SR-299E early this morning. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Family heirlooms lost in Burney fire that destroyed coop, shed UPDATE: Suspect dead, Walmart reopened, video emerges, after “wild” Redding crime […]

Suspected DUI crash turns out to be medical crisis

February 20, 2019 Trevor Montgomery

HEMET — Reports of a suspected drunk driver who was seen careening through Hemet’s Seven Hills community this afternoon turned out to be a man who paramedics believe suffered a diabetes-related medical crisis. Officers dispatched to the senior-living community found the semi-conscious driver inside his truck, after it had reportedly smashed into several vehicles and other stationary objects, before becoming […]