Hit-And-Run Driver At Large Following Deadly RivCo Crash

PERRIS, CA — A driver found dead over the weekend in Perris was the victim of a hit-and-run motorist who remained at large, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday.

An investigation into the fatal crash began around 6:44 p.m. Saturday when deputies responded to the intersection of Evans Road and Whispering Wood Lane. There they found the driver of a 2020 Honda Fit, unresponsive inside the vehicle. The motorist was pronounced dead at the scene by Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department personnel, the sheriff's department said.

The victim was identified by the coroner as Jamie Beman, a 64-year-old Nuevo woman.

Deputies determined Beman was stopped at a stop sign on westbound Whispering Wood Lane preparing to turn south onto Evans Road. As she proceeded to make the turn, a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder traveling north on Evans Road failed to stop at the stop sign and the two vehicles crashed, the sheriff's department reported.

The abandoned Nissan was found north of the scene along Evans Road. The vehicle had major front-end damage.

"The driver of the Nissan fled on foot immediately after the collision and has not been located," the sheriff's department announced Tuesday.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Deputy Jess Kiebach of the Perris Sheriff’s Station at 951–210–1000 or the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office at 951–776–1099.