BREAKING: SAN JACINTO: Traffic jammed after big-rig overturns on Ramona Expressway
A tractor-trailer hauling alfalfa overturned on Ramona Expressway near Warren Street. Miguel Shannon/Epicenter News photo
SAN JACINTO – A second accident involving a tractor-trailer rollover on the same road happened this evening, Friday, Dec. 9. The accident happened at a curve on Ramona Expressway east of N. Warren Road.
Wednesday’s rollover accident happened at the intersection of Ramona Expressway and N. Sanderson Avenue, less than two miles from where today’s big-rig rollover accident occurred.
The accident was report to Riverside County emergency dispatchers just before 5 p.m.
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police station, Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and AMR medics were dispatched to the scene of the solo-vehicle accident after multiple witnesses called 911 to report the overturned big-rig. The first deputy arrived on scene just one minute after the call was dispatched.
The rolled big-rig was left blocking all west bound lanes of traffic; however, all lanes of traffic on Ramona Expressway were later closed to allow tow/wreckers to winch the overturned big-rig back onto its wheels.
The driver of the semi-truck was evaluated by AMR medics at the scene. He declined further treatment.
Traffic remains backed up in both directions of Ramona Expressway and N. Warren Road is reportedly backed up for several miles, with traffic stopped all the way to Winchester.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
This is a developing story. Additional information will be added as it becomes available.
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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.