News From Around The County
BLYTHE – Three people, including a pregnant woman and an infant, sustained major injuries in a two-vehicle, rollover traffic collision Dec. 30. The accident happened about 12:33 p.m., on the eastbound I-10 west of Mesa Road in Blythe and forced the closure of all eastbound lanes of traffic to allow three air ambulances to land on the Interstate. California Highway […]
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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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YUCAIPA – A man was killed while leading San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed pursuit Thursday, Dec. 29. The pursuit began when San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies attempted a traffic enforcement stop. The driver, who was later identified as Jesus Ortiz, 22, of Yucaipa, refused to yield to the deputies and fled from pursuing officers. The pursuit ended about 1:58 a.m., […]
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Rescuers responded to the scene of a helicopter crash in the Mount Baldy area. KABC7 photo MOUNT BALDY – A helicopter crash in the Mount Baldy area in San Bernardino County prompted a rescue operation by the San Bernardino County Fire Department Thursday, Dec. 29. Four people were in the helicopter, a Robinson R44, when it made a “hard landing” […]
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INDIO – Fourteen people were injured when a suspected drunk driver smashed into three other vehicles Monday, Dec. 26. The accident, which the on-scene incident commander declared a mass-casualty event, happened at the intersection of Monroe Street and Avenue 48 in Indio about 6:48 p.m. Of the fourteen victims who were injured in the accident, a total of eight victims with various injuries […]
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HEMET – Two people were injured in a two-vehicle, head-on collision on Christmas day, Sunday, Dec. 25. The accident happened in the area of Park Avenue just south of Terrace Drive in Hemet, on the border of San Jacinto. Emergency first responders were dispatched to the location after Riverside County emergency dispatchers received several 911 calls from citizens reporting the […]
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UPDATE: 12/23/2016 10:30 p.m. Coroner’s officials have identified the two victims killed in a four vehicle, rollover traffic collision Friday, Dec. 23 as Hemet residents 31-year-old Elizabeth Vera and 61-year-old Joan Hoffenberg. According to a coroner’s release Vera died at the scene of the accident and her time of death was listed as 9:54 a.m. Hoffenberg also died at the scene […]
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UPDATE: 12/23/2016 11:30 a.m. With additional information from Riverside County Sheriff’s Department SAN JACINTO – Details are still emerging about a major-injury, multiple-vehicle, rollover traffic collision that happened Thursday, Dec. 22. The wreck happened at the intersection of N. State Street and Cottonwood Avenue in San Jacinto and involved seven vehicles, including one vehicle that had been involved in a dangerous, […]
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RIVERSIDE – DUI is suspected as the primary contributing factor in an accident where a vehicle smashed into a traffic pole Monday, Dec. 12. The single-car accident happened at 10692 Indiana Avenue in Riverside. A six-year-old resident of Riverside, who has not been identified, was improperly restrained and was critically injured in the accident. The driver of the vehicle, who was […]
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HEMET – One person sustained moderate injuries in a two-vehicle, rollover traffic collision Monday, Dec. 12. The accident happened at the intersection of W. Latham Avenue and N. Gilbert Street in Hemet. The area where the accident occurred was just east of the World Baptist Church and north of Florida Avenue. Hemet Fire and Police officials were dispatched to the collision after […]
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