News From Around The County
CORRECTION: An early version of this report’s title listed SR-79 as the crash location. The correct Highway was SR-74, as explained within the report. HEMET, Calif. — A woman was injured after a solo-vehicle rollover traffic accident that sheared a power pole, threatening to leave the mountain community of Idyllwild without power for several hours Sunday afternoon, Sept. 20. The […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Aug. 15, 1 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Officials have identified a motorcyclist who died in a two-vehicle, head-on collision while riding on the Ortega Highway (SR-74), just west El Cariso Village, early Friday evening, Aug. 14. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: One killed, two airlifted after motorcycles crash on Hwy 74 Jurupa Valley […]
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VALLE VISTA, Calif. — A man who was reportedly walking his bicycle across SR-74/Florida Ave. has died after he was struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning, July 5. The deadly accident happened in the area of Florida and Lincoln avenues, in the unincorporated community of Valle Vista, just east of Hemet. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Officials ID Perris […]
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PERRIS, Calif. — A driver and his three passengers were all ejected from a speeding vehicle when it overturned while attempting to enter the northbound 215 Freeway from SR-74/Ethanac Rd. early Saturday morning, May 30. The driver was killed in the crash, and California Highway Patrol has since reported that none of the vehicle’s occupants were wearing seat belts when […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Two people were injured, including one critically, after a speeding car swerved into oncoming traffic after nearly plowing into the back of a vehicle stuck in traffic inside a construction zone, and smashed head-on into an SUV Tuesday afternoon, May 26. The collision happened on SR-74, east of California Ave., according to officials now investigating the major-injury […]
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