Lake Elsinore man dies in Highway 74 crash; impairment suspected

Lake Elsinore man dies in Highway 74 crash; impairment suspected

A 21-year-old Lake Elsinore resident died early Saturday, April 26, in a single-vehicle traffic crash that the California Highway Patrol partially attributed to alcohol impairment. The crash was reported at 1:14 a.m. on Highway 74, just west of Grand Avenue in Lake Elsinore. A man identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Office as Isaac Romero was driving east at an unknown speed when his Ford Explorer veered to the right and struck a tree, …

Fatal crash on Ortega Highway

Submitted by California Highway Patrol TEMECULA, Calif. – On April 26, 2025, at approximately 1:14 a.m., a 21-year-old male from Lake Elsinore, CA, was driving a 2000 Ford Explorer eastbound on State Route 74 (Ortega Highway), just west of Grand Avenue, at an unknown speed.  For reasons which are under investigation, the male driver allowed […]