Collision on Menifee and Watson roads results in fatality

By Doug Spoon, Editor

One person died and another received moderate injuries in a traffic collision at Menifee Road and Watson Road Sunday morning, police said.

The collision occurred about 9:51 a.m., according to Menifee PD officer Anthony Clay. A 2010 Volkswagen Jetta was heading eastbound on Watson Road and stopped at the stop sign at Menifee Road. For unknown reasons, the VW pulled onto Menifee Road in front of a 2017 Hundai Elantra, which a witness said was traveling southbound on Menifee Road at about 50-60 mph. There is no stop sign for motorists traveling on Menifee Road at that intersection.

The impact caused the VW to veer off the road and into a ditch. The driver, identified as 75-year-old Judith Armijo of Menifee, died at the scene. The other driver, also a female in her 70s, was transported to Inland Valley Medical Center for treatment.

The collision was the third serious traffic incident in Menifee over the weekend. The driver of a vehicle that flipped over on Antelope Road Friday night was arrested on suspicion of DUI. A motorcyclist died in a two-vehicle collision on Bundy Canyon Road on Saturday.