RIVERSIDE — A man is dead after a crash in Riverside early Monday.
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Riverside police and medics responded at 2:47 a.m. to initial reports of a crash at the 2400 block of Valley Pike, according to dispatchers.
When police arrived on scene they found a green convertible Mustang on its side with nobody inside, according to a crash report.
A man was lying on the ground about 100 feet from the car.
An officer said they recognized the 42-year-old man as they were called to his home just before 11 p.m. and he was still wearing the same clothing.
Police noted when they talked with the man earlier in the night he was highly intoxicated.
The man, identified as Kirk Wendall Blackwell Jr., was pronounced dead.
The crash remains under investigation.
We will continue to follow this story.
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