PERRIS, CA — A Menifee teen was facing felony charges after leading a weekend police chase through the Perris area in an off-road vehicle.

Shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday, the 16-year-old boy, whose name was not released due to his age, was spotted driving a Polaris RZR on a public street with an underage passenger.

Deputies from the Perris Sheriff’s Station tried to pull him over, but instead of stopping the teen “sped away and drove recklessly … endangering other drivers,” the sheriff’s department reported.

Deputies chased the off-road vehicle through Romoland, Nuevo and Lakeview, and finally corraled the teen and his passenger in the hills near Foothill and Orange avenues, just south of Lake Perris, the agency said.

The passenger was taken into custody but later released to his parents. The driver, however, was booked into juvenile hall on suspicion of two counts of felony evading and one count of reckless driving, according to the sheriff’s department.

“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and the city of Perris are dedicated to the safety of everyone, including community members driving on/off the streets. Additionally, we would like to remind our community members that operating an OHV on [a] public street is not only illegal but it can also be dangerous,” the law enforcement agency said.

Visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/ivm/ or http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/ for legal off-road locations across the region. For additional information regarding OHV access spots, contact the Perris Sheriff’s Station at 951-210-1000.

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LAKEVIEW — One person was killed and another hospitalized with critical injuries after a head-on collision and rollover involving at least two-vehicles in the unincorporated community of Lakeview, just north of Nuevo. The tragic accident happened earlier morning of Wednesday, Sept. 18.

CHP, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene around 6:10 a.m., after receiving multiple reports of the fatal collision. When officials arrived they found two pickups trucks blocking both directions of the roadway. The vehicles were described as a burgundy Ford F150 and a red Dodge, and vehicle parts and debris were spread across both sides of the two-lane road. 

While CHP began investigating the cause of the crash, Cal Fire used the “Jaws of Life” to extricate one of the critically injured drivers who was left trapped inside the mangled wreckage of his pickup truck. The other driver, who was possibly ejected from his vehicle, succumbed to his injuries and passed away at the scene.

Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials have named Julio Aguillon-Hernandez, 43, of Moreno Valley, as the man killed in the crash. CHP had previously reported Aguillon-Hernandez was ejected from his pickup truck when he was involved in the rollover traffic collision. A coroner’s release indicated the victim passed away at the scene of the crash and was pronounced deceased at 6:22 a.m.

The surviving driver was eventually transported to Riverside University Health System in Moreno Valley with injuries Cal Fire later described as critical.

Although the roadway remained open, early morning commuters and other area motorists were forced to use the road’s dirt shoulders to slowly work their way past the scene of the deadly crash. The accident caused a miles-long backup and drivers stuck in the traffic nightmare later reported prolonged delays as a result of the collision and subsequent investigation and clean up.

CHP is investigating the cause of the accident and they have not yet released any details regarding their investigation, which is ongoing.

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