INCIDENT DATE/TIME:9-13-23, 12:06 a.m.
LOCATION: 10191 Victoria Ave
CITY: Riverside
DETAILS:
DUI SUSPECTED IN FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION – RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE
RIVERSIDE, CA – On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at approximately 12:06 a.m., Riverside Police Officers and Riverside Fire Department personnel responded to Victoria Avenue, west of John Street, for a single vehicle collision into a tree. An unrestrained adult female passenger found in the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Riverside Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) responded and assumed the investigation. They are being assisted by the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office. The passenger has been identified as 22-year-old Joanna Huizar.
Preliminary investigation determined the 23-year-old driver was traveling the wrong way in the westbound lane of Victoria Avenue approaching John Street, when he failed to safely negotiate a curve in the roadway. The driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with a palm tree in the center median. The driver sustained major injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Investigators believe alcohol intoxication is a contributing factor in the collision.
In 2021 and 2022, 68 people were killed in traffic collisions occurring in the city of Riverside. This is now the 17th traffic collision fatality in the city this year. Our Traffic Bureau would like to remind the public to drive safely, wear your seat belt, and do not drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
This investigation is ongoing and there are no other details to release at this time. Anyone with additional information related to this collision or the passenger’s whereabouts prior to are urged to contact Detective Ryan McHugh at (951) 826-8720 or by email at [email protected].
HANDLING AGENCIES: Riverside Police Department.
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Sick and tired of DUI drivers 🙄
Don’t fuck with trees, man.
Just don’t.
The tree got MADD!!!
Darwin
YES WE HAVE A WINNER TREE PICK-UP LOSER………….
Tree hugger
DUI … no respect.
🙏 RIP FEMALE DRIVER 🙏
Condolences to your family and friends at this difficult time. 😢😥
Truck held up well. If only seat belts were used..
What a shame. So preventable on all levels. Dont drive while under the influence, always wear a seatbelt and don't ride with anybody who's under the influence. If the driver survives I hope they learn a valuable lesson and serve time well deserved. So young. Sad.
Hope the tree is ok, another Darwin award winner. Good that she didn't hurt or kill any innocent people.
No innocent victim was hurt or die is good.
It says fatal..kind of misleading..?
Another menace taken off the streets. 🎉
There should be more random dui check points and give jail time even for a first offenders.
These poor trees man.. minding there own business for hundreds of years . Then they have the burden of killing an innocent person … life’s not fair man
It would suck to be in that situation and the sprinkles come on
Shiterside
It looks like suicide by tree. FJB 🖕🇨🇳
Definitely the worst night ever for this driver.
That drivers parents gonna say she was a good person she wouldn’t harm anyone
She was the passenger…. rip to Joanna man….. fuck all you guys commenting
Truck looks like it held up good, guy probably wasn’t wearing a seatbelt
RIP
Rip to the young lady, you other people in the comments need Jesus 😂
RIP