RIVERSIDE - One Dead, Three Injured After Crashing Into Utility Pole. On Friday December 12, 2025, at approximately 11:38 p.m., the City of Riverside’s Emergency Dispatch Center received several calls for service reference a traffic collision between a green sedan and a utility pole at Central Ave. and Fairview Ave. Riverside Police and Fire personnel responded to the scene and discovered the driver sustained major injuries. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene, and three other passen