HEMET: Injured hiker airlifted from Ramona Bowl area trail during dramatic rescue
HEMET — An injured hiker was airlifted during a remote area rescue that involved nearly two dozen firefighters, sheriff’s deputies, two helicopters, and others yesterday afternoon. The incident happened in an unincorporated area of Hemet near the Ramona Bowl, according to fire officials.
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Emergency first responders from multiple agencies were dispatched to a hiking trail near the 27000 block of Ramona Bowl Rd. shortly after 1:30 p.m., after receiving reports of a person injured while hiking.
With assistance from a Riverside County Sheriff’s Aviation Crew, deputies and firefighters on the ground quickly located the injured victim.
“Due to the remote location of the victim, Cal Fire’s Copter 301 was summoned to the scene to perform a hoist rescue,” Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire spokesperson Tawny Cabral explained after the rescue.
After airlifting the injured person from the trail, “Copter 301 delivered the victim to an awaiting ground ambulance,” said Cabral
American Medical Response medics then transported the victim to Hemet Valley Hospital by ground ambulance with injuries Cabral described as moderate.
Although officials did not specify the nature of the victim’s injuries, the hiker is expected to make a full recovery.
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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 several other news organizations, including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook, as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and The Mountain Echo in Shasta 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. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s 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 – soon to be 15 – grandchildren.