The driver of a coupe was injured and the passenger riding alongside them was killed in a high-speed crash in Riverside Tuesday evening.
Riverside Police Department officials released a news brief stating that officers were dispatched to the corner of Sycamore Canyon Boulevard and Cottonwood Avenue at 6:15 p.m. on a call for service referencing a traffic collision.
Upon arrival, first responders located a single vehicle – a 2017 Nissan 370Z – that had collided with a tree.
“The preliminary investigation revealed that a 29-year-old motorist was driving the Nissan southbound on Sycamore Canyon Boulevard at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the vehicle and collided into the tree,” Riverside police said. “The two occupants were trapped in the vehicle.”
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After being extricated from the wreckage, both people inside the vehicle were taken to a local hospital, where the passenger succumbed to their injuries.