Crime & Safety

Blowout Caused Fatal Crash

A blown-out tire caused a crash that killed a Temecula man, a CHP official says.

A tire blow-out caused a crash that killed a Temecula man, a California Highway Patrol official said.

Cristobal Juarez-Mendoza was driving west on Rancho California Road near Camino Seco when one of his van's rear tires failed, causing him to veer into oncoming traffic, CHP Officer Nathan Baer told the Press-Enterprise.

He died about three hours later in a hospital. To read details and witness accounts of what happened,

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