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One person died when two vehicles crashed during what a witness described as a wrong-way pursuit in Moreno Valley at midday on Friday, April 8.
Two people suffered minor injuries, said Jody Hagemann, a spokesperson for Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.
A Riverside County Sheriffs pursuit ended in a fatal crash between a car and pickup truck at the intersection of Perris Blvd. and Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley on Friday, April 8, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A Riverside County Sheriffs pursuit ended in a fatal crash between a car and pickup truck at the intersection of Perris Blvd. and Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley on Friday, April 8, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Residents watch as Riverside County sheriff’s deputies investigate what a witness said was a pursuit that ended with a fatal crash between a car and pickup truck at the intersection of Perris Boulevard and Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley on Friday, April 8, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Residents watch as Riverside County sheriff’s deputies investigate what a witness said was a pursuit that ended with a fatal crash between a car and pickup truck at the intersection of Perris Boulevard and Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley on Friday, April 8, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
What a witness said was a Riverside County sheriff’s pursuit ended with a fatal crash between a car and pickup at the intersection of Perris Boulevard and Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley on Friday, April 8, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
What a witness said was a Riverside County sheriff’s pursuit ended with a fatal crash between a car and pickup at the intersection of Perris Boulevard and Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley on Friday, April 8, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
What a witness said was a Riverside County sheriff’s pursuit ended with a fatal crash between a car and pickup at the intersection of Perris Boulevard and Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley on Friday, April 8, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Moreno Valley resident Brad Harvell said he was driving south on Perris Boulevard at Iris Avenue about noon when he saw Riverside County sheriff’s deputies in patrol cars and in a helicopter following a white Toyota. The Toyota was headed north in the southbound lane, he said.
The Toyota was being driven “at a high rate of speed” and the deputies were following slower than that, Harvell said.
The Toyota and a black pickup crashed and hit a cinder-block wall about a mile and a half to the north at Perris and Cactus Avenue. The pickup wound up on top of the Toyota. The person who died was the driver of one of the vehicles, said Sgt. Brandi Swan, a sheriff’s spokesperson. Two people in the other vehicle were injured, she said.
Swan did not acknowledge whether there was a pursuit, address questions about it or say which vehicle the driver who died was in.
This story is developing. More information will be added when it is available.
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Brent A. Duque
Brent A. Duque is the Founder & President of Duque & Price, a Southern California personal injury law firm with offices in Newport Beach, Riverside, Los Angeles, and Temecula, California. He focuses on personal injury and wrongful death matters involving car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle crashes, premises liability, and catastrophic injuries. Licensed in California since 2005, Mr. Duque brings nearly two decades of litigation experience to his practice. He earned his law degree from Whittier Law School and studied political science and public administration at California State University Fullerton and California Polytechnic University Pomona.
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