6 injured, 2 airlifted, after Anza wreck involving car and UTV

ANZA — Six people were injured, including two victims who were airlifted, after an accident between a passenger vehicle and side-by-side, all terrain vehicle in Anza earlier today, Sept. 3. The accident happened in the area of Mitchell and Bahrman roads, about a mile west of Hamilton High School.

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California Highway Patrol, along with firefighters and other emergency personnel, responded to the crash shortly before 1 p.m., after receiving reports of an injury collision involving several juveniles.

“The first arriving engine company reported a collision between a passenger vehicle and an ATV,” Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire spokesperson Tawny Cabral explained in an incident report. “There are a total of six victims; four with minor injuries and two with moderate injuries.”

Based on the serious nature of two of the victims’ injuries, officials requested two air ambulances to the scene to air-lift the two most injured victims from the scene. A short time later, Mercy and REACH Air Ambulances arrived in the area and landed at a nearby post office, about a mile and a half southeast of the accident scene.

“Two victims with moderate injuries were transported by air ambulance,” Cabral updated at 2:20 p.m. Witnesses said one of the air ambulances left flying toward Temecula, while the second one headed toward Murrieta.

In addition to the two victims life-flighted from the scene, one person with moderate injuries and another with minor injuries were eventually transported by ground ambulances to area hospitals.

The two remaining victims were evaluated by paramedics and declined further medical treatment at the scene, according to Cabral.

California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash and their investigation is active and 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.