SAN JACINTO: Truck overturns on Ramona Expressway after driver falls asleep at wheel
SAN JACINTO – A driver was uninjured when his truck overturned Tuesday evening, Jan. 3. The vehicle ended up in a ditch along Ramona Expressway east of N. Warren Road in San Jacinto.
The single vehicle, rollover accident happened when the driver reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and his vehicle overturned along the side of the roadway.
The victim was uninjured after his vehicle overturned when he fell asleep at the wheel. Julius Simms photos
California Highway Patrol officers, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police station and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the accident about 5:16 p.m.
When deputies and Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters arrived at the location, they found the driver already out of his overturned pickup truck, which was described as a tan Toyota.
The driver, who has not been identified, had minor complaints of pain; however, he was otherwise uninjured in the rollover accident.
AMR medics evaluated and treated the driver at the scene and he declined further treatment.
Traffic was backed up slightly as other motorists slowed to look at the overturned and wrecked truck.
As of 5:40 p.m., a tow truck was still responding to the location to pull the truck out of the ditch where it came to rest.
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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.