MENIFEE — Officers from the Menifee Police Department responded to the area of Lindenberger Rd and Scott Rd in reference to a witness calling and reporting a vehicle crashing into a streetlight pole and catching on fire early Sunday, Dec. 7, at approximately 12:26 a.m.Officers arrived on scene and observed a Mercedes-Benz vehicle fully engulfed in flames. When officers spoke to the witness on scene, they stated the vehicle was driving eastbound on Scott Rd, approaching Lindenberger Rd. The vehicle drifted to the south side of the roadway as it approached the intersection, then collided with a streetlight pole. The vehicle immediately caught fire. The witness did not see a driver exit the vehicle.CAL FIRE responded and began to extinguish the fire. It was discovered the vehicle wa
