News From Around The County
TEMESCAL VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities say a motorist who was hospitalized with moderate injuries after a crash involving his vehicle and a big rig in the Temescal Valley area between the cities of Corona and Lake Elsinore early this morning, Saturday, April 23. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Wrong-way SR-60 crash leaves two dead, two injured in Badlands area near Beaumont […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 7, 6 p.m., With traffic condition update and other information. BURNEY, Calif. — A tractor-trailer combo that jack-knifed and crashed in heavy fog along SR-89 overnight led to multiple calls and confusion about the big-rig’s location, as well as an hours-long citizen-led search for its driver throughout the early morning hours today, Thursday, Jan. 7. The accident […]
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UPDATED: Friday, March 15, 7:15 a.m., With road closure update. ROUND MOUNTAIN — Authorities are investigating a tractor-trailer crash this morning, Friday, March 15, after the big-rig’s driver reportedly swerved to avoid a pair of deer on 299E. The rollover happened near Buzzard Roost Rd. in the Intermountain community of Round Mountain. The early morning wreck wreaked havoc for commuters […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Feb. 9, 1:30 p.m., With additional details and photographs. See original story and photos below. BELLA VISTA — Efforts to recover and remove a wrecked big-rig tractor-trailer that overturned in Bella Vista yesterday afternoon are continuing today, after recovery efforts had to be temporarily suspended last night due to snow and inclement weather conditions. The tractor-trailer combo, which […]
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CHINO — A chain-reaction crash on the 60 Freeway in Chino Tuesday morning, July 10, caused a SigAlert to be issued for the area, while officials investigated the cause of the eight big-rig pile-up. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Heat suspected in death of Hemet man who died trying to walk home from hospital UPDATE: Speeding MV motorcyclist killed after losing […]
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MENIFEE — A man walking in the lanes of traffic on I-215 near the Keller Road overpass was struck by a big-rig pulling a trailer, early Saturday morning, Jan. 20. The man died several hours after being rushed to a local hospital. The area where the early morning accident happened is along the border of Murrieta to the east and Menifee to […]
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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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WHITEWATER — California Highway Patrol officials are investigating the cause of a deadly wreck involving a sedan, big-rig and a third car. The fatal accident happened yesterday evening, Thursday, Sept. 7. The crash was reported on Interstate 10, just east of the Interstate 111 overpass bridge, in the unincorporated community of Whitewater, according to CHP and Coroner’s officials. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified 18-year-old, Daisy […]
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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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