Crime & Safety

1 Killed, 2 Injured In SR-74 Crash

One person was killed in an early morning crash on State Route 74 Sunday.

LAKE ELSINORE, CA — A person was killed and two other people were injured Sunday in a two-vehicle crash in Lake Elsinore, authorities said.

The crash occurred at about 5:30 a.m. on westbound State Route 74, just east of Hammack Avenue, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Paramedics rushed one person to a hospital with moderate injuries. Another person with minor injuries was evaluated at the scene and declined further care, the Riverside County Fire Department reported.

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A representative from the Riverside County coroner's office was dispatched to the location at 6:01 a.m.

No further information was immediately available.

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