Deadly Crash In Lakeland Village Claims One Life: CHP

LAKELAND VILLAGE, CA – A 47-year-old man was killed early Tuesday morning as he was walking in the unincorporated Riverside County community of Lakeland Village, the California Highway Patrol reports. It happened at around 5:30 a.m. in the area of Grand Avenue and Skylark Drive.

According to CHP Officer Mike Lassig, the unidentified man was struck by a 72-year-old Lake Elsinore woman who was driving a 2008 Toyota Corolla.

"For reasons which are under investigation, [the Corolla's driver] made an unsafe turning movement to the right causing [her vehicle] to travel off of the roadway towards the west shoulder," a CHP news release states. "The right front of [the Corolla's] front end collided into [the man] causing major blunt trauma."

The man was thrown into the southbound lane of Grand Avenue and died at the scene, Lassig said. The driver of the Toyota was uninjured.

"The California Highway Patrol (CHP), Temecula Area is conducting this traffic collision investigation," Lassig said. "Potential charges against [the driver] are pending and will be determined at the conclusion of this traffic collision investigation."

Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone