SWR Man Dies Two Weeks After Crash

AGUANGA, CA — A 55-year-old Temecula man who died at a hospital two weeks after being injured in a crash in the unincorporated county area of Aguanga was publicly identified by the coroner's office Saturday.

The crash occurred at 9:40 a.m. on Nov. 9 on Highway 371, 2.5 miles east of Highway 79, according to the Riverside County Coroner's Office.

Eric Fillman died Friday at the Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center, the office said.

Fillman was a registered nurse at Bridge Home Health and Hospice, according to a GoFundMe page set up to raise donations for his medical expenses.

He suffered "extensive injuries, fractures and trauma" and had undergone several surgeries since the crash, the page said. Click here if you would like to donate.

The California Highway Patrol was investigating the crash.

— By City News Service / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone

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