HEMET: No injuries after car plows into SUV
HEMET — There were no reported injuries after a car plowed into the back of an SUV Friday evening, Jan. 26. The non-injury traffic collision happened on Stetson Avenue between Girard and San Jacinto Avenues in Hemet.
No injuries were reported after a two-vehicle collision on Stetson Avenue n Hemet. Miguel Shannon/Epicenter News photo
City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the crash shortly before 6:45 p.m., after receiving multiple 911 reports of the collision.
When firefighters arrived they found two wrecked vehicles, described as newer model white sedan and silver Toyota RAV-4. The sedan had sustained heavy, front-end damage and the SUV had moderate, rear-end damage.
While firefighter-paramedics evaluated the occupants from the two vehicles, Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters provided traffic control until Hemet PD arrived to investigate the cause of the crash.
The accident caused rush-hour traffic in the area to back up and the street and several around it remained congested until the vehicles were towed and officials cleared the scene.
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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.