HEMET: No injuries reported after two-vehicle crash
HEMET — No injuries were reported after a two-vehicle crash that happened Thursday afternoon, Feb. 15, at the intersection of S. Harvard Street and W. Acacia Avenue in Hemet.
There were no injuries reported after a two-vehicle collision. Robert Carter/Public Safety Incidents photo
City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel along with other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the wreck about 4:15 p.m., after multiple people called 911 to report the accident.
When officials arrived they found two vehicles with minor collision damage. One of the vehicles, described as a silver Nissan sedan was on the front yard of a residential property and the other vehicle, a white Ford pickup truck, was stopped nearby.
Paramedics evaluated those involved in the crash and determined none of the involved parties had been injured.
Officers who investigated the collision determined the Ford pickup had been traveling southbound on S. Harvard Street while the Nissan had been heading eastbound on W. Acacia Avenue. When the driver of the truck stopped at the intersection and began to pull forward, the front of the pickup truck collided with the driver’s side of the Nissan.
The impact caused the sedan to lose control and the car jumped a curb and came to rest in a front yard, narrowly missing mashing into a fire hydrant and telephone pole.
The driver of the truck later told officers they had not been able to see the Nissan because of westbound traffic on Acacia Avenue, which was backed up at the intersection with evening commuters.
The accident caused traffic at the intersection to back up for several blocks in all directions until the damaged vehicles were towed or driven from the scene.
Click any image to open full-size gallery.
Robert Carter/Public Safety Incidents video
Contact the writer: [email protected]
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.