HEMET: One injured in rollover traffic accident
UPDATE: Corrected and updated with additional information
Firefighter/paramedics had to extricate the driver from the overturned Nissan. Miguel Shannon photo
HEMET – At least one person is believed to have sustained major injuries in a solo-vehicle, rollover traffic accident Friday, Dec. 16. The accident happened about 6:35 p.m., in the area of Mountain Avenue and N. Soboba Street in Hemet.
The call was initially dispatched as a two-vehicle accident, however later 911 calls indicated there was only one vehicle involved. Callers also initially reported multiple victims were believed injured in the accident, however it was later determined there was only one occupant inside the truck at the time of the accident.
Hemet and San Jacinto police officers, Hemet Fire Department, and AMR medics responded to the major-injury, rollover traffic accident.
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police station were the first to arrive at the scene of the accident. Other deputies, Hemet police officers, and firefighter/paramedics began arriving moments later.
Police and sheriff personnel survey the wrecked Nissan truck. Miguel Shannon photo
Emergency first responders reported finding a light-colored Nissan pickup truck that had rolled over – possibly several times – and ended up in a field adjacent to a sweeping curve in the roadway on Mountain Avenue, also known as Ramona Expressway.
The driver of the pickup truck was trapped inside the vehicle and had sustained major head injuries, according to on-scene fire and police personnel.
Based on the victim’s injuries, firefighter/paramedics requested Mercy Air to respond to the scene of the accident. It was not immediately known if anyone was transported by Mercy Air ambulance.
Deputies requested Riverside County’s Aviation Unit to the scene to search for additional possible victims ejected from the overturned pickup truck. While the helicopter searched from overhead, sheriff’s and police officials could be seen walking through the field with flashlights, searching for additional victims. The Aviation Unit did not find any unaccounted victims while searching the field from above.
The roof of the Nissan was cut off to allow firefighters access to the injured driver. Miguel Shannon photo
The circumstances leading to the rollover accident were not immediately known.
Officials closed Mountain Avenue between Hemet and N. Soboba Streets while emergency medical personnel treated the victim and worked to extricate her from the overturned pickup truck.
The cause of the accident has not yet been determined.
Hemet police officials investigating the major injury traffic collision.
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This is a developing story. Updates will be provided as they become 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.
Good grief..a rollover of a pick up with people in the BED of the truck????….