HEMET: Officials investigating solo-vehicle rollover crash
HEMET — No injuries were reported after a single-vehicle rollover accident earlier this evening in Hemet. The crash happened in the area of Ramona Expressway/Mountain Ave and N. Soboba St.
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City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel, along with Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and AMR medics, were dispatched to the scene about 7:30 p.m., after receiving reports of the crash.
Hemet Fire’s Engine 5 was first to arrive on scene and reported finding a silver Chevy on its wheels in a field about 30 feet from north side of the roadway.
The vehicle’s two occupants were already out of their wrecked car and did not appear injured.
Both occupants were evaluated by AMR and declined further treatment at the scene.
It was not immediately known which law enforcement agency was investigating the crash, which happened along the border of incorporated and unincorporated Hemet.
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Trevor Montgomery, 47, recently moved to the Intermountain area of 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 his “fluid family” boasts 13 children and 14 – soon to be 16 – grandchildren.