On Aug. 23 shortly after 9:30 p.m., a BMW M4 traveling northbound on the 15 Freeway in Temecula veered left, crossed a concrete median wall and entered southbound lanes. The BMW collided with a Nissan Sentra in the southbound slow lane; the front of the Sentra struck the right side of the BMW. The BMW caught fire and became fully engulfed. The BMW driver, a 25-year-old Moreno Valley man, suffered major injuries and was extracted from the burning car by good Samaritans and taken to Inland Valley Medical Center. The BMW front passenger, a 23-year-old Moreno Valley woman, and two back-seat teenagers, ages 14 and 15, were pronounced dead at the scene. The Nissan driver, a 35-year-old Wildomar man, died en route to the hospital; the Nissan front passenger, a 22-year-old man, was transported in critical condition. Alcohol was not believed to be a contributing factor. Charges against the BMW driver are pending and witnesses are asked to contact CHP Temecula Area.
Four people, including two teenagers, were killed in a fiery crash on Saturday night when a car heading northbound on the 15 Freeway in Temecula crossed the median and collided with an oncoming car. The crash occurred shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 23, as the driver of a BMW M4 drove recklessly northbound on the freeway, north of Winchester Road, the California Highway Patrol said in a news release.
At one point, for reasons unknown, the BMW veered to the left, crossed over the concrete median wall and continued across the southbound lanes into the slow lane, and into the path of a Nissan Sentra, the CHP said. The front of the Nissan slammed into the right side of the BMW, and as a result of the crash, the BMW caught fire and became fully engulfed.
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