HEMET: One transported to hospital after 3-vehicle wreck
Firefighters, paramedics, and an AMR medic discuss the accident. Robert Carter/Public Safety Incidents photo
HEMET – Several people sustained minor injuries and one victim was transported to an area hospital after a three-vehicle traffic collision Sunday, Dec. 8.
The minor-injury accident happened at the main entrance to the Page Plaza/Walmart shopping center off Sanderson Avenue south of Stetson Avenue in Hemet.
City of Hemet Fire and Police Departments responded to the scene of the accident shortly about 4 p.m., after several witnesses called 911 to report the accident.
A Hemet police officer arrived at the scene of the accident about 30 seconds after the call was dispatched. Firefighters began arriving minutes later. AMR medics and Hemet police volunteers also responded to the accident.
First arriving fire officials requested a second engine company to the scene based on the damage to the vehicles and the potential number of injured victims.
The three vehicles were described as a black PT Cruiser, a maroon Hyundai Santa Fe, and a silver Chevrolet pickup truck.
A PT Cruiser sustained heavy front end damage from the collision. Robert Carter/Public Safety Incidents photo
The PT Cruiser sustained major damage in the accident, that appeared to have happened inside the intersection of the main entrance to the Page plaza. After the initial collision, a Chevrolet pickup truck lost control and crashed into a bus stop bench and trash bin.
Nobody was at the bus stop at the time of the accident.
Firefighter/paramedics and AMR medics evaluated and treated several victims at the scene whose injuries primarily consisted of complaints of pain.
AMR medics transported one female adult to Hemet Valley Hospital for further evaluation and treatment. The exact nature or full extent of the victim’s injuries were not known; however, they were reported to be minor.
The main entrance to Page Plaza was temporarily closed while officials treated the injured and worked to remove the damaged vehicles from the roadway.
The entrance was re-opened once the damaged vehicles were towed from the scene and emergency first responders had cleared the area.
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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.