HEMET: Two vehicle crash leaves two injured
HEMET –Two people sustained minor injuries after a small car crashed into a pickup truck pulling a trailer earlier this afternoon. Officials are still at the scene of the accident, which happened at the intersection of W. Menlo and N. Sanderson Avenues, in Hemet.
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City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments, along with AMR medics, were dispatched to the intersection around 2 p.m., after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting an accident in the intersection.
When officials arrived they found a grey sedan with major front-end damage that had struck a utility pickup towing a small manlift trailer. The truck and trailer sustained minor damage in the crash.
Both vehicles were within the intersection blocking lanes of traffic and officials called for the temporary closure of the southbound lanes of N. Sanderson Ave., from W. Fruitvale Ave., and all southbound traffic was diverted away from the accident scene.
Based on evidence at the scene of the crash, the sedan was traveling southbound on Sanderson approaching Menlo. At the same time, the pickup was making a left turn from Menlo onto Sanderson. Although the sedan struck the truck broadside, it was not immediately clear which vehicle had the right of way.
Officials have not released any information about this collision and are still working to determine the cause.
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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 28 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 14 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.