Last Updated on January 25, 2020 by CCAR Staff
Two people were killed and four others were injured Friday night, Jan. 24, in a multi-vehicle crash in Canyon Lake.
The crash, which involved three vehicles, occurred on Railroad Canyon Road west of Goetz Road about 9:54 p.m., said the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in a Saturday news release.
A vehicle traveling east on Railroad Canyon Road rear-ended a second vehicle traveling in the same direction, the Sheriff’s Department said.
One of those two vehicles then crossed over the center divider, slamming head-on into a third vehicle traveling west on Railroad Canyon.
Two people in the third vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
Four others were injured in the crash, according to the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department. Two of the four had to be freed from the wrecked vehicles. The four patients suffered moderate injuries and were taken to a hospital, the department said.
All lanes of the road were temporarily blocked.
Information on the age, gender and names of those killed was not immediately disclosed.
FATALITY TRAFFIC COLLISION – Rptd 9:56 pm. Railroad Canyon Rd X Newport Rd in Menifee. 1 Chief, 3 Engines, 1 Truck, 14 Firefighters. Firefighters are on scene of a traffic collision w/multiple vehicles involved. #RailroadIncident
— CAL FIRE Riverside (@CALFIRERRU) January 25, 2020
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision and has not been interviewed was encouraged to contact Deputy Maldonado at the Sheriff’s Department’s Perris Station at 951-210-1077.
City News Service and Staff Writer Brian Rokos contributed to this story.
