1 Person Dead In Lamb Canyon Crash

BEAUMONT, CA — A car jettisoned over the side of State Route 79 in a single-car crash that killed one person Monday morning, emergency officials reported.

At 8:30 a.m., California Highway Patrol officers arrived at the scene on State Route 79 just south of the turnoff for the county landfill in between Beaumont and San Jacinto. There, the driver of a 2011 Hyundai Elantra apparently lost control and careened down the 100-foot embankment, according to the CHP.

Riverside County Fire Department crews reached the location a short time later and found the motorist, whose name was not immediately released, dead inside the car.

No other vehicles were involved.

The highway remained open during the ensuing recovery operation and preliminary investigation, which concluded three hours later.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the CHP's San Gorgonio Office at 951-769-2000.