JURUPA VALLEY: Horses killed in rollover accident
JURUPA VALLEY — Two horses died and a driver was injured after a truck towing a horse trailer was involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident. The Sunday, Sept. 17 accident happened at the intersection of Jurupa Road and Etiwanda Avenue in Jurupa Valley.
Despite the efforts of multiple rescue agencies, two horses died when a truck pulling a horse trailer overturned. Brandy Carlos/OnScene.tv photo
Firefighters and law enforcement officials were dispatched to the scene of the fatal accident at 8:07 p.m., after a 911 caller reported the rollover.
“Firefighters arrived on scene of a single-vehicle traffic collision, with a horse trailer upside down, off the side of the road,” Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer April Newman explained in an incident report.
Eleven firefighters from two engine companies and one truck company responded to the scene of the deadly wreck, said Newman. They were assisted by City of Norco Animal Control officials and members of the Norco Animal Rescue Team.
At 9:31 p.m. Newman updated the ongoing rescue efforts for the horses saying, “Both horses are contained within a horse trailer and firefighters will work with NART and Animal Control to extricate the animals.”
She described that the trailer was still upside down and both horses had suffered “major” injuries.
While firefighters, NART members and Animal Control officials worked to extricate the severely injured horses, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Jurupa Valley Police Station investigated the cause of the accident. Their investigation is ongoing.
Despite the efforts of all agencies involved in the rescue, both horses succumbed to their injuries shortly before 10 p.m., according to Newman.
The driver of the truck that overturned suffered minor injuries. He was evaluated at the scene and declined further treatment.
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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, breaking his back and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries 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 27 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 14 grandchildren.