The incident occurred around 8:40 p.m. on March 26 at Washington Street and Harley John Road.
Riverside, CA – The authorities have released the identity of the person who was killed after two vehicles collided on Washington Street in Riverside on Thursday night.
The Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner identified the deceased person as Frederick III Schiller, a 30-year-old man from Riverside.
Authorities said two vehicles collided at about 8:43 p.m. on March 26, 2026, on Washington Street, approximately 140 feet South of Harley John Road.
Schiller, who was in one of the two vehicles, was pronounced dead at the scene at about 9:02 p.m.
No additional details are available at this time.
The crash is under investigation.
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Riverside, CA – One person died, and another was hurt in a two-vehicle collision that happened Thursday evening in Riverside, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The incident occurred around 8:40 p.m. on March 26, at Washington Street and Harley John Road.
According to the California Highway Patrol, a black truck and a white sedan were involved in the crash.
The Riverside accident left a 30-year-old man dead. The Riverside County Coroner was requested to respond to the scene following the fatality.
Another person was taken to Riverside Community Hospital with unspecified injuries.
Details about the cause and manner of the crash were not available, but an investigation is ongoing.
In 2022, Riverside city recorded 1,764 total fatal and injury victims, ranking 6/15 in its large-city Group A (higher relative risk among comparable California cities, adjusted for population and vehicle miles traveled). Alcohol-involved victims totaled 165 (ranking 7/15, notable concern).
The city’s Local Roadway Safety Plan (covering 2017–2022) analyzed over 16,000 collisions, including 89 fatalities and 327 serious injury crashes. Rear-end (28%) and broadside (24%) collisions were the most common, with 45% occurring at signalized intersections and 39% at unsignalized ones. Aggressive driving contributed to 30% of incidents, impaired driving to 7.4%, and vulnerable users (pedestrians/bicyclists) were involved in a smaller but significant portion.
Statewide OTS trends show traffic fatalities declining nearly 11% from 4,539 in 2022 to 4,061 in 2023, with the mileage death rate falling 6% to 1.26 per 100 million miles traveled.
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