HEMET: Injury traffic collision snarls afternoon traffic
A Lexus sustained moderate damage in the accident. Robert Carter/Public Safety Incidents photo
HEMET – At least two people were injured in a two vehicle traffic collision Sunday, Jan. 8. The accident happened in the intersection of Florida Avenue and Buena Vista Street in Hemet.
City of Hemet Fire and Police officials responded to the accident shortly after 2:30 p.m., after several citizens called 911 to report the injury collision between a black Lexus and a red Kia Sportage.
When they arrived, officials found two vehicles with moderate damage and at least two victims requiring medical treatment.
The damaged vehicles were partially blocking the roadway, and all westbound lanes of traffic were initially closed, while firefighter/paramedics treated the injured.
Firefighter/paramedics tend to the victims while Hemet police volunteers assisted with crowd and traffic control. Gary Rainwater/Hemet News photo
Firefighter/paramedics treated the injured victims at the scene before AMR medics transported them to a local area hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
One westbound lane of Florida Avenue was soon re-opened to allow motorists to move slowly past the scene of the accident.
The vehicles were towed from the scene as firefighters worked to clean up spilled fuel and other vehicle fluids.
The roadway was reopened to through traffic about 45 minutes after the accident happened.
Hemet police 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.