HEMET: Officials investigating after car ends up stuck in ditch
HEMET — No injuries were reported after a car ended up in a drainage culvert, but officials are trying to figure out how the car managed to end up stuck in the ditch this morning, Monday, Aug. 20. The solo-vehicle accident happened at the intersection of State St. and Domenigoni Parkway in Hemet.
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City of Hemet Police and Fire, along with other emergency first responders, were dispatched to the area shortly before 10:30 a.m., after receiving multiple reports of a car that drove into a ditch. 911 callers reported a young man who was already out of his car and walking around.
When officials arrived at the scene they found a black Honda stuck in a drainage culvert with its driver nearby.
Evidence at the scene suggested the driver was traveling east on Domenigoni and crashed while attempting to turn onto State St.
The driver and sole occupant from the vehicle appeared shaken but uninjured and was checked out by paramedics. He did not require medical treatment and declined further treatment at the scene.
The Honda did not have visible body damage, but had to be pulled from the ditch by a tow vehicle.
Officials are still investigating the crash, which did not cause any significant traffic delays.
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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 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.