NUEVO: Sleepy driver’s car overturns, smashes into home

December 3, 2016 Trevor Montgomery

NUEVO – Officials are blaming driver fatigue in an early-morning, single-vehicle, rollover accident that happened Saturday, Dec. 3. The accident occurred in the 29500 block of Nuevo Road near Lakeview Avenue in Nuevo.

California Highway Patrol responded to the reported rollover after it was reported to officials at 3:40 a.m.

Residents at the home were woken by the sound of the car smashing into their home. A front window of the home was broken by flying debris. Nobody from inside the residence was injured in the rollover accident.

When officers and other emergency first responders arrived they found a sedan that had overturned in the front yard of a residence. The vehicle smashed into the home before coming to rest on its roof.

The driver and sole-occupant sustained minor injuries. Paramedic/firefighters and AMR medics treated the victim at the scene and he declined further medical treatment.

CHP officials are investigating the crash, which is still active and ongoing.

Anyone with information about this investigation or who witnessed the accident should contact CHP officials at (951) 506-2000.

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The car came to rest on it’s roof after crashing into the home. Miguel Shannon photo

Several items such as a bird feeder in the front yard of the residence were damaged or destroyed. Miguel Shannon photo

The family of the home was woken when the car smashed into their home and broke out a front window. Miguel Shannon photo

A small wall was destroyed in the accident. Miguel Shannon photo

Debris from the rolling car smashed out a front window of the home. Miguel Shannon photo

A tow truck prepares to pull the damaged car from the front yard of the home where it came to rest. Miguel Shannon photo

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Trevor Montgomery spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg in an off-duty accident.

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including the Robert Presley Detention Center, the Southwest Station in Temecula, the Hemet Station, and the Lake Elsinore Station, along with many other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, Personnel and Background Investigations and he finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator.

Trevor has been married for more than 26 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 12 – soon to be 13 – grandchildren.