HEMET – Hemet PD patrol vehicle heavily damaged after two-vehicle wreck
HEMET – A City of Hemet police patrol vehicle was heavily damaged and a second vehicle sustained moderate damage when the two vehicles collided. The accident, that left both vehicles inoperable, happened on the 1400 block of S. State Street near W. Thornton Avenue in Hemet.
A 1967 Buick Le Sabre was struck from behind by a City of Hemet police cruiser. Christina Brown photo
Hemet Police and Fire personnel, California Highway Patrol officers and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the collision just before 11 p.m.
Emergency first responders began arriving within minutes of the dispatched call.
When they arrived, officials found the two vehicles involved in the wreck, described as a Hemet PD patrol vehicle and a 1967 Buick Le Sabre.
Witnesses at the scene said they saw the Buick pull out onto the roadway, at which time it was struck from behind by the police cruiser. The impact was so severe, it caused the Buick to spin around and the two vehicles came to rest facing each other.
American Medical Response medics responded to the location to evaluate and treat those injured in the collision.
It was not immediately known if anyone was transported to the hospital for further evaluation and treatment or the those involved in the wreck declined further medical treatment.
Because the accident involved a police patrol vehicle, CHP officers were summoned to the scene and they assumed the investigation, which is active and ongoing.
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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.