TEMECULA: Two deputies hospitalized after two-vehicle wreck
Two deputies were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries after a traffic collision at Margarita Rd. and Temecula Parkway. Bill Williams photo
TEMECULA – Two Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and another driver suffered minor injuries when they were involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision Friday, April 21.
The accident, that sent both deputies to the hospital with unspecified injuries, happened at the intersection of Margarita Road and Temecula Parkway in Temecula about 3:20 p.m.
The two vehicles, described as a marked, Riverside County Sheriff’s SUV and a white, full-size pickup truck, collided in the intersection, causing traffic to back up for several miles. Both vehicles sustained moderated damage and both had to be towed from the scene.
The driver of the pickup truck received minor injuries, and was evaluated and treated at the scene. He declined further medical treatment.
After the two deputies were transported to a local hospital for further evaluation and treatment and the wrecked vehicles were removed from the roadway, traffic quickly returned to normal.
It was not immediately known which sheriff’s station the two injured deputies were assigned to and no other details about the crash were immediately available.
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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.
Sending prayers
This is one of the worst intersections in Temecula for accidents due to red light runners and weve been begging for, and told repeatedly that we would finally be seeing some cops here. Maybe now that theyve experienced what the rest of us have been for years now we just might! Since we just got hustled by our city council into believing we had to pay higher taxes for basic emergency services here, the LEAST they can do is to provide them!!