Fiery Fatal Crash Into Wall, Riverside, CA

 

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 5-20-2512:23 a.m.
LOCATION:MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD / NB 215 FWY
AREA/CITY: Riverside
DETAILS:

RIVERSIDE, CA – On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at approximately 12:24 AM, the City of Riverside Dispatch Center received calls for service reference a single vehicle traffic collision located on Martin Luther King Boulevard and Interstate-215 Freeway.  Riverside Police and Fire personnel responded to the scene. The preliminary investigation revealed that an unidentified driver was driving a Honda Sedan eastbound Martin Luther King Boulevard at a high rate of speed and collided into a wall and pronounced deceased at the scene.  The identity of the driver has not been released and pending the Riverside Sheriff Coroners Investigation.

The Riverside Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T) responded to the scene and assumed the traffic collision investigation.  At this time, it is unknown if drugs and or alcohol were contributing factors.

This investigation is ongoing and there are no other details to be released at this time.  Anyone with information regarding this collision is urged to call Riverside Police Traffic Detective A. Beeman at (951) 826-8723 or abeeman@riversideca.gov

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HANDLING AGENCIES: Riverside Police Department

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