UPDATED: Officials investigating Winchester three-vehicle, rollover wreck
UPDATE: Monday, Sept. 15, 11:34 a.m.
WINCHESTER — Fire officials have updated that a total of three patients were transported by ground ambulances to area hospitals.
One of the victims sustained moderate injuries and had to be extricated from their wrecked vehicle, according to Cal Fire spokesperson April Newman. The two other victims sustained minor injuries.
Officials have not specified the nature or extent of the victim’s injuries and CHP has not yet released any information regarding this crash.
CHP is investigating the cause of the wreck and their investigation is ongoing.
This is a developing story that will be updated as new information is available.
WINCHESTER — Officials are at the scene of a three-vehicle, rollover crash that happened earlier this morning, Monday, Sept. 17. The wreck occurred on Domenigoni Parkway, just east of SR-79 in Winchester.
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California Highway Patrol, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, and other emergency personnel, were dispatched to the scene of the wreck about 7:30 a.m., after receiving reports of a rollover accident involving at least three vehicles.
Witnesses and good Samaritans stopped to render aid and comfort to a victim trapped inside a Lincoln SUV. Vince McDuffie/Hemet News photo
911 callers reported an SUV had plowed into the back of a small passenger vehicle and that the impact caused the SUV to overturn and sent the smaller car careening off the roadway.
Callers also reported the driver of the SUV was trapped inside the mangled wreckage of the SUV.
Another vehicle, described as a light-colored Toyota Sequoia was also somehow involved.
When officials arrived at the scene they found a black Lincoln MKX on its wheels on the north side of the roadway and a silver NIssan Cube in the dirt median of the center divider.
The Lincoln had sustained major damage and its roof was caved in and the Nissan sustained major rear-end damage. A Toyota with moderate rear end damage was also at the scene, pulled off along the north side of the parkway.
The wreck caused the westbound lanes of Domenigoni to quickly back up, as witnesses and good Samaritans stopped and attempted to render aid to the victims of the wreck.
According to a CHP incident log, the trapped driver of the Lincoln was pulled from the vehicle shortly after 8 a.m.
As of this report, it was not known if anyone was injured in the crash or transported for further treatment and CHP has not yet released any information regarding the accident or their investigation, which is active and ongoing at the scene.
This is a developing story that will be updated as new information is available.
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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.