News From Around The County
RED BLUFF, Calif., — A CHP officer was injured when his vehicle was rammed by a stolen big rig during a high-speed pursuit Friday morning, Nov. 12. The officer reportedly suffered minor injuries and is expected to survive. The driver who rammed the officer’s vehicle was arrested at the end of the dangerous chase and now stands accused of stealing […]
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PERRIS — Officials are investigating the cause of a fatal traffic collision between a sedan and a tractor-trailer, big-rig that happened Monday morning, Dec. 18. The deadly crash that killed a 25-year-old, Perris resident, happened on Highway 74, between Festus Circle and Ethanac Road, in an unincorporated area south of Perris and north of Lake Elsinore. California Highway Patrol, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire […]
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DESERT CENTER — Details are still emerging after three people died and a fourth person was injured in a fiery, multiple-vehicle crash involving two tractor-trailer, semi-trucks and another vehicle, Thursday, Oct. 26. The deadly, early morning crash happened on the eastbound Interstate 10, east of Eagle Mountain Road, in Desert Center. California Highway Patrol officers, firefighters and other emergency first responders […]
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A jack-knifed big-rig on the northbound I-15 Freeway near SR 79 south has reportedly caused a major back up through the Temecula Valley. Northbound traffic is backed up several miles, with evening commuters stuck in heavy congestion well past the Rainbow Valley Boulevard exit. Southbound traffic is backed up in the area as well, with commuters slowing to see the […]
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A big-rig carrying a full load of produce jack-knifed and overturned on the 215 Freeway between Van Buren and Harley Knox Boulevards, Monday, March 6. The multiple-vehicle, rollover accident, that happened between Riverside and Moreno Valley near March Air Reserve Base, caused a SigAlert and forced the temporary closure of all southbound lanes and one northbound lane of traffic of the freeway. At […]
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SAN JACINTO – A second accident involving a tractor-trailer rollover on the same road happened this evening, Friday, Dec. 9. The accident happened at a curve on Ramona Expressway east of N. Warren Road. Wednesday’s rollover accident happened at the intersection of Ramona Expressway and N. Sanderson Avenue, less than two miles from where today’s big-rig rollover accident occurred. The […]
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SAN JACINTO – Traffic was left backed up for several miles after a tractor-trailer big-rig towing hay bales rolled over onto its side Wednesday, Dec. 7. The rollover accident happened as the semi-truck was turning from eastbound Ramona Expressway onto northbound Sanderson Avenue. CHP officers, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the […]
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HEMET – A truck driver died earlier today after he suffered a medical emergency and crashed a tandem trailer semi-truck, Wednesday, July 28. The single-vehicle, fatal traffic accident happened on Highway 79, shortly after 2:30 p.m., south of Olive Street and north of Domenigoni Parkway. The area of the accident is located just south of the unincorporated community of Winchester According to […]
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