A head-on crash at Cottonwood Avenue and Peppercorn Street in San Jacinto left three people trapped in their vehicles Saturday night, with firefighters having to extricate them before rushing all three to a hospital. Two of the patients suffered major injuries, while the third sustained moderate injuries, according to the report from the scene.
The collision was reported at 8:14 p.m., according to CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department
, which described it as a two-vehicle, head-on collision. Firefighters who responded found the wreckage required extrication of all three patients before they could be moved. Once freed, all three were transported to a local hospital, the department said.
Extrication Underscores Severity of Impact
The fire department reported that two patients were classified with major injuries, while the third was listed as moderate. No information has been released about the identities, ages, or current conditions of those involved, nor has any detail emerged about which vehicles were involved or what may have caused the crash.
CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department notes that its social media page serves as an official incident and safety message site and is not monitored for emergencies, directing anyone with an active emergency to call 9-1-1 instead.
Second San Jacinto Intersection Crash Exactly Seven Days Earlier
The Cottonwood and Peppercorn crash marks the second notable two-vehicle collision in San Jacinto in recent days. On October 10, exactly seven days before the October 17 Cottonwood and Peppercorn crash, two drivers were hospitalized after a crash at Sanderson Avenue and Esplanade Avenue, according to a report from localaccidentreports.com. That crash happened at about 7:07 a.m., and paramedics with AMR transported both drivers to a local hospital for evaluation.
As with Saturday night's crash, details on what led to the Sanderson and Esplanade collision were not released at the time of that report.
Neither crash has a confirmed cause on record, and it remains unclear whether either incident triggered road closures, citations, or any ongoing law-enforcement investigation.
