Traffic collisions

Due to scheduling and a short-staffed California Highway Patrol (CHP) – San Gorgonio Pass office, the newspaper has not been able to consistently report the traffic collisions. CHP Public Information Officer Matt Napier has spent time catching the newspaper up on the traffic collisions that have occurred since May 20. This report will include collisions from May 20 to June 13. The remainder will be reported next week should scheduling permit. A collision that occurred May 30 is not included with this report because a narrative was not included with report when Napier looked it up. We hope to report that in the next issue.
At 2:20 p.m. Thursday, May 27, Chase Alexander Pacera, 27, of San Diego, was riding his 2006 Ducati Monster east on Highway 371 0.4 miles west of Highway 74 at a stated speed of 55 mph. Pacera approached a left curve and was unable to negotiate the curve. He was ejected from the motorcycle.
Pacera was transported by Mercy Air to Desert Regional Medical Center for complaint of pain and suspected minor injuries. The Ducati was towed by Valley Auto.
At 4 p.m. Thursday, May 27, Webster Delong Wilson, 74, of La Habra Heights, was traveling on Highway 243 200 feet east of Highway 74 at a stated speed of 45 mph in a white 2003 Toyota Tacoma. Wilson confused the accelerator for the brake and accelerated east across Highway 243 into a private dirt lot before colliding into a concrete post, overturning and into a blue 1993 Chevrolet Silverado parked in a driveway.
The Tacoma was towed by Idyllwild Garage. Wilson was transported by Idyllwild Fire with minor injuries.
At 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 5, Cheyenne McKenzie Jacklyn Nauretz, 18, of Hemet, was traveling eastbound on Highway 74 2 miles west of McGaugh Road at 40 mph in a red 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor as Jimmy Alexander Valle, 44, of Hemet, was traveling westbound at 30 mph in a white Chevrolet Equinox. Nauretz was unable to negotiate a right-hand curve, crossed the double-yellow line and collided with the Equinox.
Both vehicles were towed by Idyllwild Garage. Nauretz was transported by American Medical Response (AMR) to the county hospital for major injuries. Valle suffered minor injuries but was not transported.
At 6 p.m. Sunday, June 6, Aaron Joseph Hill, 36, of Idyllwild, was traveling northbound on Highway 243 south of Deer Springs Trail in a gray 2000 Chevrolet Silverado towing a 2014 Carson utility trailer at a stated speed of 30 mph. Hill traveled off the roadway. When he saw a parked gray 2021 Honda Accord, he steered left to avoid colliding with the Accord. The right side of the trailer collided with the left side of the Accord.
The Accord was legally parked in the right shoulder and was towed by Idyllwild Garage.
At 2:45 p.m. Friday, June 11, Francisco Josiah Chavez, 23, of Hemet, was traveling westbound on Highway 74 1 mile west of McGaugh Road at about 30 mph in a silver 2004 Toyota Camry. As the number one and two lanes merged to one, Chavez made a turning movement to the right and hit a guardrail.
No injuries were reported and the Camry was towed by Idyllwild Garage.
At 1:05 p.m. Sunday, June 13, three vehicles were involved in a collision on Highway 243 south of Tollgate Road. Sean Philip DeLaHunt, 30, of Van Nuys, was driving a maroon 2007 Toyota Prius. Max Hendrix Herrera, 27, of Monterey Park, was driving a black 2020 Honda Accord and Richard Kirk Mora, 43, of Lake Elsinore, was driving a black 2010 Toyota Corolla.
Herrera stopped behind Mora, who was traveling northbound on Highway 243 and was stopped to turn left onto Tollgate Road. DeLaHunt was traveling between 20 and 30 mph and collided with the rear of the Accord that was pushed into the rear of Corolla.
Neither the Prius nor Accord were towed. The Corolla was towed by Idyllwild Garage.