Multiple news agencies have revealed that an accident in the Ortega Mountains claimed a life and left three people injured. The California Highway Patrol has disclosed in an official statement that the single-car rollover accident that took place on the Highway 74 ended up closing the road for more than 3 hours. The reports revealed that the authorities were called to the scene near Decker Canyon Road around 11:46 p.m. and according to the CHP, the Riverside’s County coroner’s officials stated that (read more)
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28
Dec
2011
Three-Vehicle Crash Leaves Three Injured
Local news sources have reported that a collision involving three vehicles sent three individuals to the hospital last Monday. The accident happened in Imperial Valley on Forrester Road a few miles south of Keystone Road. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash happened before 6:30 p.m. and it left an SUV truck turned over on its side right off the road on the dirt shoulder. A second SUV also involved in the collision was blocking the traffic and a tractor-trailer was (read more)
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04
Oct
2011
Man Killed In Fatal Freeway Accident
A man helping a friend with a tire change on the Ventura Freeway was killed Saturday night after a car traveling on the road drifted towards the right shoulder of the roadway where the man was standing and struck him, according to news sources. The 55-year-old man was killed at the scene of the crash. The 27-year-old man driving the vehicle that struck the man was reportedly traveling at speeds of around 65 mph at the time. The collision caused (read more)
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07
Sep
2011
USDOT Funds Massive Car Technology Road Test
News outlets reported that car technology that is supposed to allow cars to speak to each other in order to prevent accidents and improve traffic flow is set to be tested in a real world setting with help from the funding of the US Department of Transportation (DOT). Many high-end vehicles feature sensors designed to warn of a vehicle in a driver’s blind spot or tell the driver when they accidently leave the lane, however, these sensors have an acute (read more)
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23
Aug
2011
Fatal Hit-and-Run Accident Closes Highway 76
Media sources reported that a woman in her late 20s was struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident while walking along State Route 76 Monday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the 25-year-old Pauma Valley woman was walking alongside SR76 at approximately 3:30am when she was struck and killed by a 2002 Ford Taurus near Harolds Road. Witnesses stated that the driver swerved but was unable to avoid striking the woman. The vehicle left the scene and its (read more)
Read MoreNews agencies reported that one person was killed and four other injured after a driver fell asleep, causing an accident Sunday night near Desert Center. According to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Joe Zagorski, the accident occurred just after 11:30pm in the westbound lanes of I-10 near Eagle Mountain Road. A 29-year-old Coachella woman allegedly fell asleep while driving and lost control of her Mitsubishi. Officer Zagorski said, “The Mitsubishi then drifted onto the right shoulder, where she made a (read more)
Read MoreFive motorists have lost their lives since the Angeles Crest Highway reopened in June. Two of the auto accident deaths took place over the weekend.
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02
Aug
2011
Driver Killed in I-215 Car Accident
Media sources reported that a 50-year-old man died when his vehicle overturned on an Interstate 215 off-ramp near Perris Monday morning. California Highway Patrol Officials allege that the man was driving his maroon 1998 Chevrolet 1500 pickup on the interstate off-ramp that connects the southbound lanes of Interstate 215 with the eastbound lanes of Highway 74 when, for unknown reasons, he veered to the left, struck the sidewall and overturned. The man was ejected from the truck onto the roadway (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report that an Ontario man was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter after allegedly losing control of his vehicle and crashing into another car while driving drunk in Rancho Cucamonga in mid-May. The 18-year-old Ontario man’s blood-alcohol level was 0.10 percent at the time of the accident, according to a police report. Witnesses to the accident stated that the accident happened as the 18-year-old attempted to make a right turn, or U-turn, from southbound Euclid Avenue onto Philadelphia Street. (read more)
Read MoreNews reports indicated that two children were killed and six others injured when an SUV carrying eight passengers flipped multiple times on Highway 60 Monday. According to the California Highway Patrol, only three passengers were properly belted in, including an infant in a child carrier. An initial investigation showed that the Mitsubishi Montero, a vehicle built to carry seven, was transported eight people from Los Angeles to a Fourth of July outing at Lake Perris in Riverside County. Around 9:45am (read more)
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