Crime & Safety
Fatal 215 Freeway Crash: Coroner IDs Victim
The deadly crash was reported on southbound I-215, just north of Central Avenue, in Riverside, according to the California Highway Patrol.
RIVERSIDE, CA — A motorist killed last week on southbound Interstate 215 in Riverside was identified over the weekend as a 66-year-old Pomona man.
Phillip Macias was fatally injured just after 5 a.m. Friday on the freeway, just north of Central Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Macias was driving a pickup truck when, for unknown reasons, he slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer.
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Macias was traveling at an unconfirmed speed in the slow lane when his 2010 Ford Ranger approached the slower-moving big rig and crashed into it, according to CHP Officer Javier Navarro.
Macias was pronounced dead at the scene. The big-rig driver was unhurt, according to the CHP report.
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The CHP asked anyone with information relevant to the investigation to contact the agency's Riverside office at 951-324-7210.
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