Possible Drunk Driver Sends Car Off Freeway Into An Embankment
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 3-22-23, 1:03am
LOCATION: Magnolia Ave Onr / Sr91
CITY: Riverside
DETAILS:
- Riverside Fire Department responded to a reported car that rolled multiple times down an embankment on the Magnolia onramp to the EB 91.
- When they arrived, they found a patient that was partially ejected and still in the vehicle.
- It appears that he was on the EB 91 when he for unknown reasons, came off the freeway.
- Fire crews extricated the patient and they were transported to a local area hospital suffering from critical injuries.
- At this time it is suspected that alcohol is a factor, as there were beer cans in his vehicle, but that is currently being investigated.
- Per Riverside City Battalion Chief, they believe the wet roads were a factor as the roads are very slick from the recent rain.