MEAD VALLEY: Driver who fled from deputy ejected in rollover accident
MEAD VALLEY – A suspected DUI motorist was injured when he was ejected from his truck after the driver fled from a Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy Sunday, Dec. 11. The rollover wreck happened at the intersection of Nandina and Cole Avenues in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley.
The incident began about 1:56 a.m. when a deputy spotted a suspected DUI driver in the area of Cole Avenue. Before the deputy could attempt to initiate a vehicle stop the driver turned off his vehicle’s lights and fled from the area at a high rate of speed.
Because of the driver’s speed and reckless driving actions the deputy did not pursue the fleeing vehicle, according to a CHP incident log regarding the incident and rollover wreck.
The suspect was last seen speeding northbound on Cole Avenue.
About one minute after the driver sped off, the deputy located the truck, after it wrecked and overturned into a field at the intersection of Nandina and Cole Avenues.
The deputy, who had not been in pursuit of the truck, reported the driver had been ejected in the rollover accident, He immediately requested medical personnel and CHP officials to the scene of the accident.
CHP officers, CalFire/Riverside County firefighters, and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the major-injury rollover accident.
The driver, who reportedly suffered a broken femur and other major traumatic injuries, according to the CHP Log, was evaluated and treated at the scene before AMR medics transported the subject to a local hospital in serious condition.
It had not yet been determined if the driver was actually under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, pending toxicology reports.
CHP officials are conducting an investigation into the rollover wreck.
This is a developing story. Additional information will be updated 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.