Fatal Temecula Crash: CHP Releases More Details

TEMECULA, CA — A 50-year-old woman who died over the weekend following injuries sustained in a Temecula crash ran a stop sign, the California Highway Patrol reported Monday.

Michelle Jeffers of Temecula was heading westbound on Madera De Playa Road around 4:50 p.m. Saturday when for unknown reasons she ran the stop sign at the intersection of Calle Contento in Wine Country, according to CHP Officer Mike Lassig.

The 60-year-old Murrieta driver behind the wheel of a 2018 Ford SUV, heading north on Calle Contento at about 35 mph, could not brake in time and broadsided Jeffers' 2007 Mercedes E350 driver-side door, Lassig said.

Calle Contento traffic does not have a stop sign at the intersection.

Jeffers was airlifted to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar, where she died at 9:08 p.m. Saturday, according to the coroner's bureau.

The man driving the Ford, along with his three passengers from Murrieta — a 62-year-old woman, 57-year-old man, and 59-year-old woman — were all transported by ground ambulance to Inland Valley Medical Center with minor injuries.

Jeffers was the only occupant in the Mercedes.

There were no arrests stemming from the incident, which remains under investigation by the CHP.