Excessive speed, reckless driving, reported in Perris motorcycle crash

August 25, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

PERRIS — A motorcyclist suffered major injuries and was hospitalized after a high-speed crash involving a pickup truck earlier this evening, Aug. 25. The major injury accident happened on Harvill Ave. between Daytona Cove and Orange Ave., in an unincorporated area between Perris and Mead Valley.

According to CHP, witnesses had reported that the motorcycle rider had been speeding and driving recklessly in the moments just before the collision.

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CHP, Riverside County Sheriff-Perris Station, and other emergency personnel, were dispatched to the accident around 3 p.m., after receiving several reports of the crash. 911 callers reported the accident involved a blue 2015 Yamaha and grey, 2013 Toyota Tacoma, and that the rider was still down in the roadway.

Deputies arrived within moments of the dispatched call and reported the accident happened just north of Daytona Cove and that the motorcyclist sustained major injuries.

Officials requested the temporary closure of the northbound lanes of Harvill and traffic was diverted away from the scene of the accident.

The motorcycle rider was eventually rushed to Riverside University Health System in Moreno Valley. His condition was listed as serious with “severe” injuries, according to an official at the scene.

Both vehicles were later impounded as evidence related to the accident.

CHP is investigating the cause of the crash and their investigation is ongoing.

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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.