Crime & Safety
Man Killed In Freeway Crash In Lake Elsinore
The crash occurred at 11:10 p.m. Friday near the Railroad Canyon/Diamond Road exit.
LAKE ELSINORE, CA — The Riverside County coroner's office Saturday named the 49-year-old man who was killed in a two-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 15 in Lake Elsinore.
The crash occurred at 11:10 p.m. Friday near the Railroad Canyon/Diamond Road exit, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A vehicle stalled in the center divider was struck by a pickup truck, spreading debris across lanes of the freeway, the CHP said.
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Francisco Deluna of Perris was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the coroner's office.
A second person involved in the crash was uninjured, the Riverside County Fire Department reported.
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—City News Service