I-215 Fatal Crash Stalls Friday Traffic Through RivCo

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — One person died Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash involving a big rig on the Southbound I-215 Freeway in Riverside.

At 5:15 a.m., the crash occurred on the southbound side of the freeway south of Martin Luther King Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol dispatch.

As of 9:30 a.m., two right lanes of the freeway remained closed and a SigAlert was issued and traffic is backed up to the Riverside (60) Freeway.

Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department was called to assist at the scene, and the Riverside County coroner's office was called to collect the victim's body, and notify next of kin.

No other information was immediately available.