Memorial Day traffic 'just average day on the road'
By the time the clock hit 5 p.m. Friday, traffic on Interstate 10 was far from what motorists said they had expected for the Memorial Day weekend.
- May 24, 2013
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By the time the clock hit 5 p.m. Friday, traffic on Interstate 10 was far from what motorists said they had expected for the Memorial Day weekend.
The Riverside (91) Freeway will be shut down next week in downtown Riverside to facilitate work on a railroad bridge, and motorists were urged Friday to consider taking alternate routes to avoid detour-related delays.
A traffic collision is delaying traffic on North Gene Autry Trail tonight.
A big rig overturned Wednesday on Highway 74 south of Idyllwild, blocking lanes and hurting the driver, according to the California Highway Patrol and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Police and fire crews responded to a two-vehicle collision near the intersection of Farrell and East Palm Canyon drives.
A federal agency's recommendation to drop the legal blood-alcohol level from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent could, if it became law, make it more difficult for law enforcement personnel to detect impaired drivers whose blood-alcohol levels are this low, local law enforcement officials say.
A Palm Desert woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol Sunday night after hitting a wall in her Pontiac Grand Am while trying to make a turn on Courtside Drive in Palm Desert, police said Monday.
The late-night crash followed two other fatal collisions Sunday.
Three separate crashes Sunday claimed the lives of three Coachella Valley residents.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department on Sunday released the results of two sobriety/driver's license checkpoints in the county.
One person is dead and two people suffered major injuries early Sunday morning in a traffic collision at Highway 74 between El Paseo and Highway 111 in Palm Desert, a Riverside County Sheriff's spokesman said.
A much-needed improvement project is scheduled to begin Monday on one of Cathedral City's busiest and bumpiest streets.
The woman killed in a crash on Palm Drive Wednesday afternoon has been identified by the coroner's office as 24-year-old Eleuteria Leon-Leon of Desert Hot Springs.
Two children were ejected from an SUV that overturned today near Desert Hot Springs. Their mother died at the scene, according to authorities.
At least one person was taken to a hospital following a collision that is delaying traffic on Highway 74 today.
The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states adopt a .05 blood alcohol content limit, cutting their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half and matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.
A Joshua Tree man died today, months after he was hit by a pickup truck on Interstate 10.
A two-vehicle crash with major injuries closed the intersection of Dinah Shore Drive and Gene Autry Trail about 12:30 p.m. Monday, Palm Springs police said.
An on-duty Palm Springs police officer and another driver had minor injuries from a Friday night crash on Avenida Caballeros, police said Monday.
One person suffered major injuries in a three-car collision on Interstate 10 in Banning, a Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman said Sunday.
Officials find problem is not restricted to one area of valley
A multi-vehicle collision knocked over a utility pole and is causing traffic delays near Desert Hot Springs tonight.
Four motorists were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs during an overnight sobriety/driver's license checkpoint in Palm Desert, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said Saturday.
A pursuit on westbound Interstate 10 that started in Banning ended with a shooting and two suspects and one California Highway Patrol officer injured, the CHP reported.
Traffic on major Coachella Valley roads has gotten heavier in the past two years and the busiest stretch among them is in Rancho Mirage, results from a recent valleywide traffic survey show.
Iris Rice of Palm Springs was hit by a car Tuesday afternoon and died at a hospital that evening, according to police and coroner's officials.
Jose Monjaras was killed Monday when a truck he appeared to be working on rolled down his driveway in Cathedral City.
The westbound Interstate 10 off-ramp at Ramon Road was removed at the end of 2011, but that didn't stop drivers from getting off the freeway on a leftover dirt path.
Law enforcement agencies throughout Riverside County, including those in the Coachella Valley, will be ramping up patrols this weekend to nab Cinco de Mayo celebrants or anyone else who decides to drink and drive.
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