Clik here to view.
CHP: Motorcycle crackdown to begin on Ortega Highway
From April through the end of September, the CHP’s Temecula office will ramp up patrols on a 33-mile stretch of state Route 74 to catch unsafe motorcyclists, according to Officer Ron Thatcher. (Craig...
View ArticleMother admits to negligence in Lake Elsinore crash involving three children
A woman who allowed her three young children to ride without seatbelts in a pickup truck that turned over while being towed pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor charges. Maura Padilla Garcia, 37,...
View ArticleTrial to start for Hemet woman accused of causing crash that killed two...
A trial is set to begin Wednesday for a Hemet woman accused of causing a multi-vehicle crash that killed two adults and a child in June 2009. Victora Samantha Cook will be at the Southwest Justice...
View ArticleHemet woman responsible for crashed that killed three to be sentenced today
A Hemet woman who triggered a multi-vehicle crash that killed two adults and a child is expected to be sentenced today to more than 30 years in prison. Victoria Samantha Cook, 26, was convicted June 28...
View ArticleMotorcycle crash caused temporary closure of Ortega Highway Sunday
A single-motorcycle crash at 11:56 a.m. Sunday caused the temporary closure of the Ortega Highway, state Route 74, in both directions, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash occurred about one...
View ArticleLake Elsinore: One dead in two-car collision
At least one person died this afternoon in a two-vehicle collision on state Route 74 just east of Lake Elsinore, the California Highway Patrol reported. The crash involving a pickup truck and a Honda...
View ArticleThree motorists injured in rollover crash on Ortega Highway
A vehicle went off state Route 74 in Lake Elsinore, and paramedics took three people to hospitals with minor injuries, a county fire department spokeswoman said. The accident was reported on route 74,...
View ArticleTwo cars plunge into ravine on Palm Desert mountainside
Four people were injured today when two vehicles plunged into a ravine south of Palm Desert. The wreck was reported about 9:40 a.m. on state Route 74, near Big Horn Drive, according to the California...
View ArticleMurrieta motorcyclist killed in Ortega crash identified
A 29-year-old motorcyclist from Murrieta was killed because he drove a Suzuki Samurai motorcycle into the back of a stopped car on Route 74, the Ortega Highway, in Rancho Santa Margarita, the Orange...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Idlyllwild: Jackknifed big rig closes lanes on route 74
A big rig jackknifed today on a highway south of Idyllwild, blocking lanes going in both directions, according to the California Highway Patrol. (Photo courtesy of Flickr) It happened at around 11:15...
View Article
