News From Around The County
MURRIETA – Officials were left dealing with a “sticky mess” after a pickup truck and a big rig hauling asphalt slurry collided. The collision caused the big rig to overturn, spilling slurry across the roadway Thursday, April 20. The accident happened in the northbound lanes near the junction of Interstates 15 and 215. The crash, which was first reported at 12:07 […]
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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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HEMET – Details are still emerging after several people suffered minor injuries in a four-vehicle, rollover traffic collision this morning, Wednesday, March 29. The accident – that happened at the intersection of Florida and Lyon Avenues in Hemet – slowed morning commuters to a crawl through the area. City of Hemet Fire and Police personnel were dispatched to the multiple-vehicle […]
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UPDATE: Monday, March 13, 6:30 p.m. (See original story, photographs, and video from the accident scene below.) PERRIS – Sheriff’s officials provided additional information regarding this morning’s rollover traffic collision that left two drivers injured, one severely. The accident happened at the intersection of San Jacinto Avenue and Dunlap Drive, east of Interstate 215 and south of Nuevo Road in Perris. Emergency […]
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PALM DESERT – A man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after a single vehicle, rollover traffic accident Saturday, Feb. 4. The accident happened in the area of Edgehill Drive and Bursera Way in Palm Desert. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Palm Desert Police station and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of […]
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POPPET FLATS – A motorist was seriously injured in a single-vehicle rollover traffic accident Tuesday, Jan. 31. The wreck happened on Highway 243 at Poppet Flats Road in the unincorporated community of Poppet Flats, south of Banning and north of Idyllwild. California Highway Patrol officers, Riverside County firefighters, and other emergency first responders rushed to the scene of the accident about 8:49 […]
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TEMECULA – A man sustained major injuries and had to be cut from his wrecked vehicle after it rolled several times Sunday, Jan. 8, according to CHP and Cal Fire officials. The single-vehicle traffic accident happened near Lake Skinner in the 37700 block of Warren Road at the intersection of Borel Road in Winchester. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and other […]
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HEMET – Hemet police and fire officials responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a vehicle rollover and fire in the area of S. Lyon Avenue and Peppertree Drive in Hemet Friday, Dec. 30. Callers reported a Jeep Liberty had overturned and caught fire after it smashed at full-speed into a row of concrete K-Rail dividers about 7:19 p.m. Hemet fire […]
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UPDATE: Corrected and updated with additional information HEMET – At least one person is believed to have sustained major injuries in a solo-vehicle, rollover traffic accident Friday, Dec. 16. The accident happened about 6:35 p.m., in the area of Mountain Avenue and N. Soboba Street in Hemet. The call was initially dispatched as a two-vehicle accident, however later 911 calls indicated […]
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MEAD VALLEY – A suspected DUI motorist was injured when he was ejected from his truck after the driver fled from a Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy Sunday, Dec. 11. The rollover wreck happened at the intersection of Nandina and Cole Avenues in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley. The incident began about 1:56 a.m. when a deputy spotted a suspected […]
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