Spruce
Incident Name: Spruce Incident
Date Reported: 02/292020
Time Reported: 2032 Hours
Incident Location: Intersection of Spruce and the 91 Freeway
Ward #: Ward 1, Edwards
Type of Incident: Single Vehicle fatal traffic Collision
Incident Number: RIV # 20-005497
Control Time: 02/19/2020 2140 Hours
Fatalities: 1
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Chief Officer(s): 1
Engine Companies: 1
Truck Companies: 1
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Ambulance(s): 1
Firefighter(s): 7
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The City of Riverside Fire Department responded to a report of a vehicle collision with fire at the intersection of Spruce Street and the 91 Freeway. Upon arrival, the first due Company Officer found a vehicle that had left the roadway at a high rate of speed, collided with a palm tree, and came to rest upside down and on fire in a drainage ditch. Riverside firefighters used a ladder to climb down to the vehicle and extinguish it. The driver, believed to be in her late twenties, was dead at the scene. The scene was left with RPD, who will be standing by for the coroner.
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Incident Commander: Captain Cory Bruce
Prepared By: Battalion Chief Jeff DeLaurie
Date / Time Posted: 02/19/2020 0015
Information Center: 951.826.5321
