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The California Highway Patrol incident page has reported at least one person dead after a multi-vehicle collision this morning on the 210 Freeway in Claremont.
At least four people from the collision were transported to local hospitals.
"There is an indication that we have a fatality," said Heather Hoglund, public information officer for the CHP Southern Division. "No coroner was called out to the scene. One of the parties must have died at the hospital."
A Toyota 4-Runner and a Toyota Camry originally collided about 5:40 a.m. on the eastbound 210, just west of North Mills Avenue. At 5:44 a.m., three motorcycles and a Honda hit the original collision and two minutes later another vehicle collided into the chaos, according to the CHP log.
- lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
At least four people from the collision were transported to local hospitals.
"There is an indication that we have a fatality," said Heather Hoglund, public information officer for the CHP Southern Division. "No coroner was called out to the scene. One of the parties must have died at the hospital."
A Toyota 4-Runner and a Toyota Camry originally collided about 5:40 a.m. on the eastbound 210, just west of North Mills Avenue. At 5:44 a.m., three motorcycles and a Honda hit the original collision and two minutes later another vehicle collided into the chaos, according to the CHP log.
- lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
All lanes are open on the southbound 15 Freeway in Corona but the Ontario Avenue off-ramp is still closed as firefighters work to clean up a trash truck that overturned and caught fire this morning.
Corona firefighters closed all lanes for a few minutes shortly after 9 a.m. because they had to tilt the truck on its side to put out the fire, according to the CHP Web site. The slow lane was re-opened to traffic about 11:30 a.m.
California Highway Patrol issued a Sig Alert at 7:34 a.m., according to the Web site.
Originally, officials said the Sig Alert would last about an hour, but the lane and off-ramp were closed for closer to five hours.
- lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
Corona firefighters closed all lanes for a few minutes shortly after 9 a.m. because they had to tilt the truck on its side to put out the fire, according to the CHP Web site. The slow lane was re-opened to traffic about 11:30 a.m.
California Highway Patrol issued a Sig Alert at 7:34 a.m., according to the Web site.
Originally, officials said the Sig Alert would last about an hour, but the lane and off-ramp were closed for closer to five hours.
- lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
The Sig Alert issued on the southbound 15 Freeway at Ontario Avenue will continue for about four more hours, according to the California Highway Patrol Web site.
Officials originally thought the Sig Alert would only last an hour.
The slow lane and the Ontario Avenue off-ramp were closed at 7:34 a.m. after a trash truck overturned and caught fire on the freeway, according to the CHP incident Web site.
- lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
Officials originally thought the Sig Alert would only last an hour.
The slow lane and the Ontario Avenue off-ramp were closed at 7:34 a.m. after a trash truck overturned and caught fire on the freeway, according to the CHP incident Web site.
- lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
A 30-year-old woman was killed after her vehicle struck a right shoulder wall, sending parts of the wall into two houses Saturday.
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The California Highway Patrol received a call around 9:30 a.m. about a collision on the eastbound 10 Freeway just east of Fairplex Drive, CHP officials said.
When they arrived they learned that Maria Gutierrez of La Puente had crashed her 1997 Ford Explorer into the wall.
She was traveling on the eastbound 10 when for an unknown reason her SUV drifted to the right. The vehicle went off the south side of the freeway where she struck a small tree then hit a cinder block wall, CHP officials said.
She died at the scene. Two houses in the 1700 block of Club Drive had minor damage.
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The California Highway Patrol received a call around 9:30 a.m. about a collision on the eastbound 10 Freeway just east of Fairplex Drive, CHP officials said.
When they arrived they learned that Maria Gutierrez of La Puente had crashed her 1997 Ford Explorer into the wall.
She was traveling on the eastbound 10 when for an unknown reason her SUV drifted to the right. The vehicle went off the south side of the freeway where she struck a small tree then hit a cinder block wall, CHP officials said.
She died at the scene. Two houses in the 1700 block of Club Drive had minor damage.
-jannise.johnson@inlandnewspapers.com
Donald Cockayne, 82, of Alpine, Calif. died from injuries he sustained in a traffic crash Friday afternoon in Rancho Cucamonga.
Cockayne drove a 2001 Ford F-150 pick-up when a 2006 Ford Ranger hit his truck in the right rear after another vehicle with a flat-tire hit the ranger, San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department officials said.
California Highway Patrol's Rancho Cucamonga Division went to the crash site about 4 p.m. at the 15 Freeway south of Baseline Road.
After Cockayne's truck was hit, his vehicle went out of control, rolled and hit a center divider before it stopped.
Paramedics found Cockayne dead from his injuries at 4:35 p.m.
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
A Sig Alert has been issued for the two slow lanes of the southbound 57 Freeway, just south of the 10 Freeway.
Both lanes were shut down at 4:27 p.m. after a vehicle hit a man who was changing his tire, according to the California Highway Patrol Web site.
The Sig Alert will be in affect for about an hour and a half.
lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
Both lanes were shut down at 4:27 p.m. after a vehicle hit a man who was changing his tire, according to the California Highway Patrol Web site.
The Sig Alert will be in affect for about an hour and a half.
lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
A tractor trailer went over the side of the freeway this morning in Rancho Cucamonga and burst into flames, closing lanes and backing up traffic for hours.
Shortly before 5:30 a.m., the truck went off the road at the northbound 15 Freeway and fell into a ravine near the Victoria Street underpass , according to the California Highway Patrol Web site.
Dispatchers reported the cab of the truck was on fire directly under the freeway overpass.
CHP put out a traffic advisory and closed the No. 1 and 2 lanes on the southbound side of the freeway at 5:54 a.m.
lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
Shortly before 5:30 a.m., the truck went off the road at the northbound 15 Freeway and fell into a ravine near the Victoria Street underpass , according to the California Highway Patrol Web site.
Dispatchers reported the cab of the truck was on fire directly under the freeway overpass.
CHP put out a traffic advisory and closed the No. 1 and 2 lanes on the southbound side of the freeway at 5:54 a.m.
lori.consalvo@inlandnewspapers.com
A defense lawyer for a man suspected of murder, when his vehicle battery struck another motorist after he crashed while chasing an ex-girlfriend on a local freeway, can begin calling witnesses this afternoon in Superior Court. Prosecutors rested their case yesterday.
Harville's Ford Explorer rolled over several times on the southbound 215 Freeway, near Mill Street, pitching the battery into opposing traffic where it struck and killed motorist 30-year-old Shawn Billings Kettlewell in October 2006.
After three days of witness testimony, Deputy District Attorney Terry Brown rested his case yesterday afternoon in the trial against Kevin Harville in San Bernardino Superior Court, according to court records.
Continue reading Prosecution rests in freeway battery death trial in San Bernardino.
Fire engines putting out a fire at Citrus Avenue and the 210 Freeway have caused officials to declare a Sig Alert on the eastbound 210 Freeway.
The California Highway Patrol is shutting down one lane of the eastbound 210 Freeway west of Citrus Avenue because of a fire.
Caltrans workers and local firefighters are gearing up for another bout of Santa Ana winds expected to hit the area today and last through Thursday - with gusts predicted to hit 50 mph in some areas.
Caltrans workers continue to repair freeway guardrails, replace damaged road signs and clear burned and dead vegetation along the 215 Freeway from Mill Street to Base Line, where wind-
whipped fires destroyed a house and warehouse on Oct. 13 and also damaged a self-storage facility.
Caltrans, criticized by city officials for not clearing the tinder-dry brush along the freeway much sooner, issued an emergency order the next day, Oct. 14, allowing the state transportation agency to spend up to $1million on cleanup and repairs.
Mayor Pat Morris met with Raymond Wolfe, the new Caltrans supervisor for the San Bernardino area, and city fire officials on Tuesday to discuss the cleanup efforts along the freeway.
Read more at SB Now.
andrew.edwards@inlandnewspapers.com
A small fire near the 10 Freeway in Colton produced smoke that slowed down traffic this afternoon.
The 2:20 p.m. fire burned just north of the freeway but was out by 2:29 p.m., fire officials said.
About one-quarter acre of grass and other debris burned.
The 2:20 p.m. fire burned just north of the freeway but was out by 2:29 p.m., fire officials said.
About one-quarter acre of grass and other debris burned.
A palm tree fire was reported on the northbound 215 Freeway, near the split with the 210 freeway, at 10:30 a.m. in San Bernardino.
The fire is reported near the Base Line offramp, on the right shoulder of the freeway and moving to the center divider, according police scanners. Crews are on the scene.
Fire crews are requesting the northbound lanes of the 215 freeway to be closed.
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