News From Around The County
A pair of Burney men say they are lucky to be alive after a pair of harrowing ordeals that officials say began with one of the men falling asleep at the wheel and crashing his work truck, while headed to his job supporting the ongoing, months-long Dixie Fire firefighting efforts early Thursday morning, Sept. 9. Speaking exclusively with SCNS today, the […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Dec. 9, 12 p.m., With photos from scene. HAT CREEK — A woman who managed to pull herself from her wrecked rental vehicle is headed to a rendezvous point in Burney where she is expected to be airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Redding, according to official radio traffic and a California Highway Patrol incident log. The victim […]
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HEMET — A tiny kitten, discovered deep inside a car’s fender well, was rescued by firefighters this afternoon, after they had to take apart much the car’s front-end in a Hemet parking lot. The kitty, who has since been named Camry after the car it was found stuck inside, was adopted at the scene and has already found a new […]
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CORRECTED: An earlier version of this report indicated the 14-year-old girl left trapped inside the vehicle was the suspect’s daughter, which was not the case. UPDATE: April 22, 9 p.m. JURUPA VALLEY – Several people were injured this morning in an early-morning, DUI-related, two-vehicle traffic collision. The DUI wreck happened Saturday, April 22, at the intersection of Camino Real and Limonite […]
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UPDATE: April 10, 3 p.m. (See original story below.) PERRIS – Coroner officials have identified a man who died after the driver lost control of his speeding car and smashed broadside into a traffic signal pole Saturday, April 8. The wreck, which one official called a “violent and unnecessary traffic collision fatality,” happened at the intersection of Indian Avenue and Markham Street in […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Two motorists were injured in a two-vehicle, double rollover accident Friday, Nov. 4. The accident happened on Reche Canyon Road near Center Street in an unincorporated area north of Moreno Valley. The accident was reported to Riverside County emergency dispatchers at 8:10 a.m. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and other emergency first responders rushed to the location after […]
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PALM DESERT – Emergency first responders are on scene of a two vehicle traffic collision. The collision occurred on Country Club Drive near Oasis Club Drive in Palm Desert and was first reported at 12:44 p.m., according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer April Newman. The first arriving unit reported a two vehicle traffic collision with a total of three patients. […]
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LAKE ELSINORE – A driver who reportedly became “momentarily distracted” struck a curb, lost control of his vehicle and rolled his SUV over. The accident, which occurred on Saturday, Jan. 23, left the driver and two passengers injured, sheriff’s officials said. 911 callers reported the accident at about 7:20 p.m., and advised the driver was trapped inside the rolled-over vehicle. The […]
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