Last Updated on April 15, 2019 by CCAR Staff
A Hemet man was killed in a collision Sunday night, April 14, in Moreno Valley when a driver tried to pass a slower-moving car and smashed head-on into his vehicle, California Highway Patrol officials said.
Three others, including the driver of the vehicle that tried to pass, were hospitalized, officials said.
The 47-year-old Hemet man, who hadn’t been publicly identified, was driving a blue 1998 Ford Taurus east on Gilman Spring Road near Alessandro Boulevard at around 7:15 p.m.
At the same time, a 27-year-old Santa Ana man in a white 2017 BMW 431i was heading west, authorities said in a statement. He tried to pass in a stretch with double-yellow solid lines and collided with the Taurus, the CHP said.
Paramedics took the driver of the BMW and his 24-year-old passenger to RiversideUniversity Health System with serious injuries, officials said. A 46-year-old man from Montebello, who was driving behind the BMW, was struck by debris from the collision and also hospitalized, with minor injuries.
Alcohol and drugs were ruled out as contributing factors, the CHP said.
In all, Cal Fire said, the three vehicles had carried eight victims.
In January, a head-on crash on Gilman Springs Road near Bridge Street killed a Hemet woman.
