Crime & Safety

Major Injury Crash Blocks Traffic On Railroad Canyon Road

The victim, whose identity has not been released, had to be extricated from the vehicle by fire crews, an official reported.

A driver was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a solo-vehicle rollover crash on Railroad Canyon Road in Lake Elsinore, a fire official is reporting.

According to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Jody Hagemann, the crash was reported on Railroad Canyon at Church Street at approximately 8:19 a.m.

The victim, whose identity has not been released, had to be extricated from the vehicle by fire crews, Hagemann reported.

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“The patient [was] transported to an area hospital for treatment of major injuries,” Hagemann reported.

Eleven firefighters were called to the scene, and traffic was diverted as crews worked to rescue the driver and police investigated the crash.

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