SAN JACINTO: Driver airlifted after solo-vehicle, rollover traffic accident
SAN JACINTO – A person was airlifted after suffering major injuries in a single-vehicle, rollover accident April 10. The wreck happened on Gilman Springs Road near the intersection of Soboba Road in an unincorporated area of San Jacinto.
A tow truck operator wenches a vehicle up from the ravine where it ended up after the accident. John Strangis photo
Emergency first responders rushed to the accident about 6:15 p.m., after several people called 911 to report the crash. Callers told emergency dispatchers the vehicle had possibly rolled several times down an embankment and a person was trapped inside the wrecked car.
When Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters arrived at the scene, they located the victim’s vehicle over the side of the road. Rescuers estimated the car had gone about 30 feet over the side. The sole occupant of the vehicle sustained major injuries and was trapped inside the wrecked sedan.
Firefighters extricated the victim from the car and paramedics began evaluating and treating the person’s injuries.
Based on the extent of the victim’s injuries, medical personnel at the scene requested a Mercy Air medical ambulance respond to transport the victim to a local trauma center.
Within minutes, Mercy Air 3 was headed to the location to pick up the victim.
The victim’s current condition was not available.
California Highway Patrol officers are investigating the crash.
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Trevor Montgomery runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News and Anza Valley Outlook and also writes for Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County.
Trevor 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 and breaking his back in an off-duty accident.
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with 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 and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
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.
Amazing victim lived through that! Prayers!