SR-299 backup reported after minor JP wreck between car and hay truck

JOHNSON PARK — CHP and other emergency personnel have just arrived at the scene of a two-vehicle, non-injury accident between a passenger vehicle and a tractor-trailer semi-truck pulling a load of hay, a CHP incident log has indicated.

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CHP and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the westbound 299 near the Cal Fire Burney Fire Station just before 5:30 p.m., after receiving reports of a two-vehicle collision. 911 callers reported the accident involving a big-rig and grey Toyota Camry and that both vehicles had pulled off the highway.

Despite no road blockage, a long line of vehicles quickly backed up in both directions with traffic already made worse by the closure of Interstate 5 due to a flare up of the Delta Fire. Westbound traffic was reportedly much heavier than eastbound traffic, but vehicles were continuing to move slowly past the accident scene.

 

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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.