Crime & Safety
Lake Elsinore Man ID'd As Victim In Fatal Lakeland Village Crash
The 75-year-old man apparently lost control of his SUV and slammed into a tree in a residential front yard.
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LAKELAND VILLAGE, CA — A motorist killed Monday in a fiery Lakeland Village solo-vehicle crash was identified by the coroner as a 75-year-old Lake Elsinore man.
Darryl Oldfield was pronounced dead at the scene minutes after the 3:30 p.m. crash on northbound Grand Avenue, just south of Blanche Drive.
Oldfield apparently lost control of his SUV and slammed into a tree in a residential front yard.
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The impact caused the vehicle to catch fire, and good Samaritans tried to douse the flames.
Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department arrived and contained the blaze. Oldfield was found dead in the burned-out vehicle.
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The crash is under investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
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