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UPDATED WITH CORRECTION: Monday, March 28, 3:45 p.m. Although initial reports indicated this collision took place at the Lake Elsinore Vista Point scenic overlook, where it is clearly marked that left-hand turns are illegal, CHP has since confirmed that this accident occurred outside the Lookout Roadhouse, where left-hand turns into that business’s parking lot are lawful. LAKE ELSINORE, Calif., — […]
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — A motorcyclist was killed after colliding with another vehicle on the Ortega Highway in Lake Elsinore Saturday April 24. The fatal accident happened along Highway 74, about one mile east of the Lookout Roadhouse, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Bewildered would-be burglar nabbed after security gate foils Hemet liquor store break-in Struck by flying […]
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Authorities say a road rage incident involving an off-duty San Bernardino Police Department employee ended with gunfire being exchanged between two drivers Saturday evening, Feb. 20, and the later arrest of a Mission Viejo man. Officials did not specify if the SBPD employee was an officer or civilian after the shooting, which happened along Hwy 74 – […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Sept. 21, 12 p.m., With additional arrest details. See Original and updated reports below. LAKE ELSINORE — Authorities investigating the murder of 31-yer-old, Frery “Freddie” Coronel – whose lifeless body was discovered in a ravine in the Cleveland National Forest in the Lake Elsinore area last month – have announced the arrest of six people they say were […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, April 9, 11 a.m., With coroner’s release of information. LAKE ELSINORE — A Hemet motorcyclist has been identified after a deadly motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon, April 7. The fatal accident happened on the Ortega Highway, two miles southwest of Grand Ave., in an unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore, according to CHP and Cal Fire. Sunday’s deadly crash was […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — A motorcyclist was killed in a deadly motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon, April 7. The fatal accident happened on the Ortega Highway, near the Upper San Juan Campground, in an unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore, according to CHP and Cal Fire. Sunday’s deadly crash was the first of two motorcycle-related fatalities to happen the same day along the […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — One driver was killed and another was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on the Ortega Highway early Monday morning, Nov. 19. The deadly wreck occurred on the westbound side of SR-74, near the Candy Store, around 4 a.m., according to a California Highway Patrol incident log. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Winchester man dead after apparent DUI hit and […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — An Irvine motorcyclist, popular online “motovlogger” and well-known face among southern California sport bike enthusiasts died Saturday morning, Mar. 31, after losing control of her motorcycle while traveling on Highway 74. The deadly crash happened east of Morrell Canyon, in an unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore. The stretch of highway, also known as the Ortega Highway, passes through the Santa Ana Mountains and connects Riverside and […]
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