UPDATED: HEMET: Banning man, 57, killed in off road ATV accident, ID’d

HEMET — Few details have been released in CHP’s ongoing investigation of a fatal accident after a 57-year-old Banning man was found deceased in a rural unincorporated area within Brown Canyon, southeast of Hemet. The man’s body was found late Sunday afternoon near an all-terrain vehicle, in a rugged, sparsely populated area near the 43000 block of Cactus Valley Road.

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Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified Lawrence Hollingworth, 57, of Banning as the man killed in the off-road related accident. According to a coroner’s release, Hollingworth was pronounced deceased at 3:59 p.m. His time of injury was listed as “Unknown.”

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies, California Highway Patrol officers, firefighters, paramedics, and an AMR ambulance crew were dispatched to the scene of the fatal crash at 3:39 p.m., after receiving reports of an accident involving a single, ATV.

“The first arriving engine company reported one victim who was ejected from the ATV and perished on scene,” Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire spokesperson Tawny Cabral explained in an incident report.

Officials have not released any details about how or when the accident happened or how the victim’s body was found or by whom.

CHP is investigating the cause of the fatal accident and their investigation is ongoing.

This is a developing story that will be updated if additional information becomes available.

 

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Trevor Montgomery, 46, recently moved to Shasta County from Riverside County and 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.