DESERT CENTER: Victim airlifted with major injuries after RV overturns on I-10
DESERT CENTER – A victim sustained major injuries and was airlifted to a hospital in serious condition after a single-vehicle, rollover accident involving a recreational vehicle Friday, Jan. 6. The RV overturned on Interstate 10 west of Eagle Mountain Road in Desert Center.
Cal Fire/Riverside County Firefighters responded to the solo-vehicle traffic accident about 2:25 p.m. after Riverside County emergency dispatchers received several 911 calls from citizens reporting the rollover traffic accident.
When they arrived, firefighters found one RV that had lost control while traveling westbound on I-10. After the RV lost control, it overturned on the right shoulder of the freeway, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer Tawny Castro.
Firefighters located one victim inside the RV with serious injuries. Based on the severity of the victim’s injuries, firefighters requested an air ambulance to the location of the accident.
Mercy Air responded to the location and airlifted the victim to an area hospital, Castro explained.
California Highway Patrol officials summoned CalTrans to the scene to assist with the temporary closure of the westbound lanes of traffic for Mercy Air to land on the Interstate to allow the aviation crew to pick up and transport the victim.
The freeway was reopened by 4 p.m. The temporary closure caused the westbound traffic to back up for several miles. Eastbound traffic was also affected by motorists slowing to watch the activity of emergency first responders and the landing and take off of the air ambulance.
There was no further information about the accident or updates on the victim’s injuries or condition.
CHP officials are investigating the cause of the accident.
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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.