MORENO VALLEY: Three injured after car smashes head-on into freeway wall
MORENO VALLEY — Three people were hospitalized after a car failed to stop for a posted stop sign and plowed at high-speed into a freeway sound wall, Monday evening, Jan. 15. The crash happened at the intersection of Sunnymead Boulevard and Broadleaf Lane in Moreno Valley.
Three people were hospitalized after a Honda smashed head-on into a freeway sound wall in Moreno Valley. Loudlabs News photo
Emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the crash shortly before 8:30 p.m., after receiving reports of a single-vehicle traffic collision. A 911 caller told emergency dispatchers there were possibly victims who were ejected in the crash and seriously injured.
When officials arrived they located multiple victims suffering various injuries. Upon closer investigation medical personnel determined none of the victims had been ejected from the wrecked sedan, described as a black Honda Accord.
Paramedics evaluated and treated the injured occupants from the car before American Medical Response medics transported at least three victims to an area hospital for further evaluation ad treatment. Their conditions and full extent of their injuries were not immediately known.
While medical personnel treated the injured, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police Station investigated the cause of the crash.
During their investigation deputies determined the vehicle had been traveling northbound on Broadleaf Lane when, for an unknown reason, the car failed to stop for a posted stop sign at Sunnymead Boulevard and slammed head-on into a sound wall that runs parallel with the eastbound 60 Freeway.
Although the sedan involved in the crash was listed both as an Uber and Lyft vehicle, according to officials at the scene the driver, described only as an adult male, was not driving in an official capacity for either company when the wreck happened.
Moreno Valley PD’s investigation into the cause of the crash is still active and ongoing.
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Trevor Montgomery, who recently moved from Riverside County to Shasta County, runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for Riverside County based newspapers Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook as well as 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, 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.