Accidents Snarl Traffic Through Lake Elsinore On I-15

Traffic was snarled on the 15 southbound through Lake Elsinore Wednesday afternoon as far as the eye could see due to a solo-vehicle crash just north of the Diamond Drive/Railroad Canyon Road exit.

The crash involving a gray Ford Explorer was reported at 1:35 p.m.

According to Cal Fire Captain John Crater, the Explorer driver was headed southbound on the freeway and veered off-road into the center divide and struck a guard rail. The driver, a male, was pulled from the wreckage by good Samaritans, the captain said.

“He was transported to a local hospital,” Cpt. Crater said. The victim’s condition is unknown.

Just moments before the southbound 15 incident, a three-vehicle injury crash was reported on the northbound side of the freeway at the same Diamond Drive/Railroad Canyon Road exit.

CHP called the three-vehicle crash a hit-and-run .

There is no word on the condition of any of those victims.