Crime & Safety

One Dead In Crash Off Old Elsinore Road

The Mead Valley crash was reported early Thursday.

The crash happened in the Mead Valley area.
The crash happened in the Mead Valley area. (Patch file by Renee Schiavone)

MEAD VALLEY, CA — One person is dead and another hospitalized following a crash in Mead Valley on Thursday morning, the Riverside County Fire Department reports. The crash was reported about 6:35 a.m. at Old Elsinore Rd. and Smoketree Street.

Information was not immediately available on the identity or gender of the fatally injured person, who died at the scene.

Another person was treated at the scene for minor injuries. The circumstances of the crash were under investigation by law enforcement officials, the fire department said.

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— City News Service contributed to this report

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