Crime & Safety
Commuter Alert: Ortega Highway Closed on Riverside County Side
A 'vehicle recovery is underway."
Originally published at 9:07 a.m. March 17, 2014. Updated with new details.
Ortega (74) Highway was closed this morning to accommodate the recovery of a vehicle that went off the mountainous link between Orange and Riverside counties.
The accident was reported at 6:57 a.m. between the San Juan Fire Station and Candy Store on the Riverside County side of the grade, and the California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert at 8:49 a.m. when the road was closed to accommodate tow trucks.
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It was unclear how long the road would be closed.
Little information was immediately available about the initial accident, in which a box truck went off the road.
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--City News Service
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