[04-07-2022] Riverside County, CA – One Man Killed in Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash in San Jacinto

According to the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s Bureau, a man identified as 24-year-old Diego C. was killed in a fatal crash near Mt. San Jacinto College on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

According to the coroner, the crash happened about 9:50 a.m. on Soboba Road between Gilman Springs Road and Soboba Resort Casino.

According to a City News Service report, the California Highway Patrol said that the semi overturned onto a vehicle, but no other details were available.

Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department crews reached the location within minutes and initiated an extrication operation to rescue the smaller vehicle’s occupants.

Correa was removed from the smaller vehicle’s wreckage and was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the fire department, another person suffered moderate injuries, and a third had minor injuries.

The injured were taken to a regional trauma center for treatment.

Both sides of Soboba Road were blocked at the location by the overturned big rig, which took hours to remove.
The crash remains under investigation.

Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

In California, there were 485,666 traffic collisions in 2013. It resulted in the deaths of 3,898 people and injuries to 276,823. Traffic fatalities in California have been up 23.5% since 2013 when they were at their lowest point.

More than 15,000 people in Riverside County were involved in car accidents that resulted in death or injury in 2018. A total of 42 people per day are killed or injured in automobile accidents.

In 2011, 7 percent of all Californians killed in car accidents were from Riverside. TBI and spinal cord damage accounted for an additional 4.6% of all car accident injuries in 2013.

In bad weather and on slick roads, driving can be difficult. This can lead to other accidents on the road.

The most common causes of a car accident are driver error, poor road conditions, or a defect in the vehicle itself.

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