News From Around The County
UPDATED: Saturday, Sept. 2, 1 p.m. HEMET — City of Hemet police officials say DUI is suspected a one of the primary contributing factors in an accident that killed a Menifee man, Thursday evening, Aug, 31. Police officials have not released the identity of the suspected DUI driver, who was hospitalized with unknown injuries after the crash. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s […]
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VALLE VISTA — Authorities are currently investigating a possible hit and run, believed to involve a pedestrian and possibly two vehicles. The major-injury, hit and run collisions happened Monday evening, Aug. 28, along a dark section of Highway 74 near First Street in Valle Vista. The same stretch of highway has been the site of several other recent, major-injury and fatal vehicle versus […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Aug. 21, 12 a.m. WILDOMAR — Sheriff’s officials have released additional information and confirmed a victim was crushed to death by their own SUV after a single-vehicle, rollover traffic accident, Sunday, Aug. 27. The early-morning, fatal crash happened at the intersection of Lemon and Orange Streets, east of the I-15 Freeway, in Wildomar. According to several residents who live at or near […]
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SAN JACINTO — Three people were injured in a two-vehicle, rollover, traffic accident Tuesday, Aug. 16. The collision happened at the intersection of N. State Street and Cottonwood Avenue/N. Brinton Street in San Jacinto. Sheriff’s deputies, fire officials and paramedics were dispatched to the scene of the accident at 3:33 p.m., after several other motorists and witnesses called 911 to report […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Aug. 13, 6 p.m. ROMOLAND — Officials have identified the driver who died in last Thursday’s accident that happened at the intersection of Antelope and Mapes Roads. The intersection where the accident occurred borders the city of Menifee and the unincorporated community of Romoland. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Irene Perez, 72, of Perris as the victim who perished in the crash. According to […]
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UPDATE: Thursday, Aug. 3, 1:45 p.m. HEMET — Riverside County Sheriff – Coroner’s officials have identified the victim killed in last Friday’s fatal traffic collision as Gabriel Deniz, 52, of San Jacinto. A coroner’s release indicated Deniz died at the Riverside University Health Systems – Medical Center, just less than nine hours after he was involved in the accident. He was pronounced dead by […]
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SAN JACINTO — Officials are investigating the cause of a traffic collision that left one person dead and five others injured Thursday, July 27. The deadly collision happened at the intersection of N. Sanderson Avenue and N. Ramona Boulevard, south of Ramona Expressway, in San Jacinto. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials later identified Linda Cato, 68, of San Jacinto as the person who was killed in the fatal […]
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HEMET — Details are still emerging and officials have said very little after at least three people, including an on-duty Hemet police officer, were injured in a three-vehicle crash that CHP officials confirmed was possibly caused by street racing Monday, July 24. The accident – that destroyed all three vehicles and left one almost beyond recognition – happened in the 3000 […]
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LAKELAND VILLAGE — Two people died when a motorcycle and passenger vehicle smashed into each other Monday, July 23. The deadly wreck happened in the 18800 block of Grand Avenue, near Rome Hill Road in Lakeland Village. Emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the fiery, double fatal wreck at 9:26 p.m., Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer Tawny Cabral […]
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WINCHESTER — A motorcyclist died when the rider lost control of their motorcycle on a sweeping curve Sunday morning, July 23. The accident happened on Winchester Road near Stratton Drive in Winchester. The rider was with a group of other motorcyclists when the victim’s motorcycle left the roadway and went down an embankment. The rider was ejected from the motorcycle and died […]
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