Traffic Fatality Shuts Down Part of Bundy Canyon Road

Bundy Canyon Road will be closed for several hours east of Interstate 15 Friday night because of a traffic accident that killed a motorcycle rider, authorities said.

The accident was reported at 5:10 p.m. at the intersection of Bundy Canyon and Cherry Street in Wildomar. The driver of the other vehicle was cooperating, said Deputy Armando Munoz of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. It is not known whether drugs or alcohol were involved.

Bundy Canyon remained closed as of 8:30 p.m. and could be closed for several hours during the investigation, Munoz said.