Crime & Safety
Mecca Woman Dies After Crashing Her Truck Into Trailer
Alcohol and/or drugs are not suspected to be crash factors, according to the CHP.
MECCA, CA — A 58-year-old Mecca woman was killed Monday morning when she slammed her truck into the back of a flatbed trailer being towed by a Kubota tractor, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The woman, identified by the Riverside County coroner as Maria Moreno De Hernandez, was driving a white Ford Ranger pickup truck westbound on 70th Avenue, west of Garfield Street, in Mecca, just before 6 a.m.
As her truck approached the rear of the trailer, she slammed into it and died at the scene.
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The tractor was being driven by a 21-year-old man from Mecca. He was uninjured, according to the CHP, which is investigating the incident.
No arrests were announced.
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Alcohol and/or drugs are not suspected to be crash factors, according to the CHP.
Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to call CHP Officer R. Perez at 760-772-5300.
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