Crime & Safety

Coroner IDs Driver, 25, Killed In I-10 Crash In Beaumont

Authorities identified a 25-year-old Beaumont man as the driver killed Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 10.

BEAUMONT, CA — A motorist killed Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Beaumont was a resident of that city.

Eduardo Jimenez was 25, according to the Riverside County coroner's office.

The overturn crash on the westbound freeway east of Oak Valley Parkway occurred at 6 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported.

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Jimenez was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene, the CHP said.

He was the only person inside the vehicle, the Riverside County Fire Department said.

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—City News Service