MECCA: Two dead, 1 identified, after I-10 big-rig rollover
MECCA – Two occupants from a tractor-trailer big-rig were killed when their truck overturned Saturday, Dec. 3. The deadly accident happened on westbound Interstate 10 near mile post 10-73, according to a Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department press release. The fatal rollover accident occurred at 5:02 a.m.
Coroner’s officials later identified one of the victims killed in the accident as Raleigh Guillory, 42, of Marksville, Louisiana. His time of death was listed as 5:50 a.m. According to a coroner’s release the exact location of the rollover accident was on westbound I-10 near Cactus Wash Bridge.
The second victim has only been identified as 49-year-old male from Gulfport, Mississippi. His name has been withheld pending notification of his family.
17 firefighters from two engine companies and one truck company responded to the deadly accident, according to Cal Fire Riverside County Fire spokeswoman Jody Hagemann.
They were assisted by Riverside County Fire Department’s Hazardous Materials Team and the department’s Hazardous Materials Support Unit “to mitigate and remove a diesel fuel spill from one of the saddle tanks on the big rig,” Hagemann explained. Riverside County Environmental Health also responded to the accident scene due to the fuel spill.
Despite the efforts of firefighter/paramedics, both men succumbed to their injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene.
“The incident resulted in fatal injuries to both occupants of the big rig,” Hagemann said.
CHP officials are investigating the cause of the accident.
Anyone with information about this incident or who witnessed the fatal accident is encouraged to contact CHP officials from the department’s Indio area station at (760) 772-8911.
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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.
These guys were hard runners and I am so sad to see this happen. I am there engineer and dispatcher in Chattanooga, TN. Please pray for their families and loved ones in this terrible time.
Yes we will, Lacey. You and their families have our deepest condolences.
-TM