Man Identified In Deadly Cherry Valley Crash

CHERRY VALLEY, CA — Riverside County coroner's officials on Monday publicly identified a man who was killed in a Cherry Valley crash on Friday. He was Alessandro Moro of Beaumont. Moro was just 20 years old.

CHP Officer Darren Meyer says Moro died at the scene of the wreck in his Mazda Miata, which happened around 7:25 a.m. Friday along Cherry Valley Boulevard, at the intersection of Union Street. That's about a mile west of Beaumont High School.

According to the CHP officer, a 38-year-old Beaumont woman in a 2005 Land Rover SUV blew a stop sign and hit the young man, before he was then hit by another vehicle.

"The preliminary investigation indicates the driver of the Land Rover failed to stop at the posted stop sign and entered the intersection," Meyer said. "The front of the Land Rover struck the right rear corner of the Mazda."

That impact caused the Mazda to "spin out of control" and into oncoming traffic, Meyer said. Moro was then hit by a 47-year-old Beaumont woman in a 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV.

A fourth vehicle, a 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe, was then involved in the collision, striking the Hyundai.

The woman behind the wheel of the Land Rover had two minor children in the vehicle at the time, and none of them were injured, Meyer said. The Hyundai driver was not hurt, but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. The woman driving the Chevrolet was not hurt, either, and was able to drive away from the scene.

As of Monday afternoon, Meyer said no arrests have been made in connection to this case, though an investigation is underway.

"At the conclusion of the investigation, if a driver was determined to be at fault for the collision, then we would make a recommendation to the District Attorney's office for charges," he told Patch. "We would determine what charges we think are applicable, which could be misdemeanor or felony."