Accidents Reported in Southern California

Corona Car Accident Kills Riverside Man

A Corona car accident results in the death of a Riverside man when his car veered off the freeway and landed in a parking lot.  The Southern California accident occurred at approximately 8:45 AM on Wednesday morning, October 14, 2009.

The 33-year-old Riverside man died when the red Chevrolet Silverado he was driving swerved off Highway 91 and landed in a row of cars in a 24 Hour Fitness parking lot.  According to witnesses, the truck became airborne and landed upside down after barely missing a pedestrian. The California Highway Patrol has not released the name of the driver.

The red Silverado was seen by witnesses speeding east down the highway just before the McKinley Avenue exit when the truck lost control, clipped the front of a semi-truck and finally ending up in the parking lot.

The pickup truck slammed into and rolled across a row of parked cars. The truck then struck a tree and finally came to rest upside down on top of a sport utility vehicle in an adjacent row about 200 feet from the freeway.

The incident caused the driver of the semi-truck, Manjeet Singh, 53, of Fresno, to crash into a car driven by Thomas Loughmsn, 64, of Murrieta. Neither of the drivers were reported as suffering injuries.

According to California Highway Patrol Officer Sylvia Mosley, the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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