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The crashes occurred about 3:15 a.m. Sunday on the eastbound 91 Freeway west of Adams Street, in accordance with the California Highway Patrol.
“CHP Riverside items responded to a name of a crash involving two automobiles, a Jeep Patriot and a Kia Sportage,” the CHP mentioned in an announcement. “Preliminary investigation indicated the Jeep and Kia had been concerned in a earlier crash leading to minor accidents and the Jeep turning into disabled in lanes. Moments later, the occupants of the Jeep exited the car and had been pedestrians in lanes,” the CHP assertion mentioned.
“A business tractor-trailer touring eastbound took evasive motion to keep away from the Jeep and misplaced management. It traveled over the fitting concrete wall and overturned,” the CHP assertion mentioned.
The truck driver suffered a minor harm, the CHP reported.
“A Toyota Camry touring eastbound behind the business tractor-trailer additionally took evasive motion in an try and keep away from the Jeep,” the CHP assertion mentioned. “The Toyota struck the Jeep and a male pedestrian — (a) former passenger of the Jeep — leading to deadly accidents.”
The pedestrian was later recognized as 21-year-old Riverside resident Alfredo Verganza-Lucas, in accordance with a coroner’s report printed Sunday night.
“After the preliminary impression, the Jeep was pushed ahead into the trail of an extra passenger standing instantly in entrance of the Jeep. Theadditional passenger was transported to an area hospital with main injures,” the CHP reported.
“The driver of the Toyota was unhurt and never below the affect,” the CHP assertion mentioned. “The drivers of the Jeep and the Kia had been each arrested for driving inebriated.”
The names of the individuals who had been arrested weren’t instantly accessible for launch. Anyone with info on the case was urged to name the CHP Accident Investigation Unit at 951-324-7210.
