HEMET: Man hospitalized after plowing into parked truck, tree
HEMET — A man was hospitalized after smashing into a parked pickup truck and tree, Thursday morning, Jan. 25. The accident happened just south of the intersection of S. Buena Vista Street and E. Whittier Avenue in Hemet.
A man was hospitalized after smashing into a truck and tree on a residential street. Timothy Franseze/Public Safety Incidents photo
City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with American Medical Response medics were dispatched to the single-vehicle accident about 8:45 a.m., after receiving a 911 call from a person reporting the crash.
When officials arrived they found a black Honda Civic coupe that had plowed into a grey Chevy Colorado and a tree just before the intersection. The impact had propelled the pickup truck more than 20 feet forward from where it had been parked.
The Honda sustained major, front-end damage and the truck sustained minor, rear-end damage.
A man who had been driving the car was evaluated and treated at the scene before AMR medics transported him to Hemet Valley Hospital for further follow-up and treatment. The nature and extent of the victim’s injuries were not known.
Police officials who investigated the cause of the wreck determined the driver, who was not identified, was traveling northbound on S. Buena Vista Street approaching E. Whittier Avenue. Just before the car entered the intersection the driver swerved to the right, running into the truck and tree.
Although the posted speed limit in the residential neighborhood is 35 mph, officials are still working to determine how fast the car was traveling and why the driver swerved. Their investigation is 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.