Lake Elsinore Man Dies In I-15 Crash, Slick Roadway A Factor: CHP

LAKE ELSINORE, CA — A Lake Elsinore man died Sunday after a pickup and sedan collided near Lake Elsinore, Temecula Valley California Highway Patrol officers said. His name was withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, a white Ford F-150 pickup and a Toyota Scion collided on the wet roadway, heading northbound on I-15 just south of Central Avenue.

CHP Officer Mike Lassig said a 54-year-old Hayward woman at the wheel of a 2012 Toyota Scion TC was traveling at an unconfirmed speed when she lost control on the wet roadway, causing her sedan to spin.

A 44-year-old Riverside man driving his Ford F-150 a short distance behind the Toyota could not brake before colliding into "the right side of the Scion," Lassig said.

"Both vehicles came to rest on the east shoulder," he said.

Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department paramedics reached the location minutes later.

They found the right front passenger in the Toyota, identified only as a 52-year-old Lake Elsinore man, dead inside the heavily damaged car, according to the CHP spokesman.

The Scion's driver suffered major but non-life-threatening injuries, and she was taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar, along with the unidentified front seat passenger of the pickup, who suffered unspecified moderate injuries, for treatment, Lassig said.

The pickup driver was not injured.

"The CHP would like to remind the motoring public to be mindful of speed during inclement weather, such as rain," he said. "When roads are wet, drivers should slow down to a safe and prudent speed to safely travel on the wet surface."