UPDATE: High school students ID’d after Indio rollover crash leaves 3 hospitalized, 1 critical
UPDATED: Monday, Oct. 1, 5:30 p.m.
See Original Story below.
INDIO — Counselors and other resources were on hand at Xavier College Preparatory High School today after three students were injured in a solo-vehicle rollover traffic collision that happened early Saturday morning, Sept. 29, on Ave. 49 near Madison St.
The most seriously injured of the trio was air-lifted from the scene in a Mercy Air Ambulance. Two of the students are still hospitalized, one of whom is in critical condition, and the third victim has been released.
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Family and friends later identified Kai Killebrew, Jaylen Rushin, and Matthew Shupp, as the three students injured when their car overturned after reportedly hitting a raised bump in the roadway and losing control.
Excessive speed is considered a possible contributing factor in the major-injury crash.
According to those who know the three victims, all three were on the school’s football team and one plays on the basketball team.
After learning of the accident that hospitalized his three students, Xavier Prep principal Chris Alling said counselors and other resources would be available to any students impacted by the incident.
Indio PD’s crash investigation is ongoing.
Original Story: Three hospitalized, one airlifted, after Indio rollover crash
INDIO — Three people were hospitalized, including one victim who was airlifted, after a solo-vehicle rollover crash early this morning, Saturday, Sept. 29. The accident happened on Ave. 49 near Madison St. in Indio, according to fire officials.
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Indio Police Department, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, and other emergency personnel, were dispatched to the scene of the crash shortly before 3:45 a.m., after receiving reports of a vehicle that left the roadway and overturned.
Eleven firefighters from two engine companies and two paramedic squads responded to the accident scene, Cal Fire spokesperson April Newman explained in an incident report.
“The first arriving engine company reported a single vehicle rollover approximately 10 feet off the roadway, said Newman.
“There is a total of three patients,” Newman explained. “One with serious injuries, the second with moderate injuries, and the third with minor injuries.”
Based on one of the victim’s injuries, officials at the scene requested an air ambulance and Mercy 18 was soon launched and headed to the area to airlift the most critically injured victim.
At 5 a.m., Newman updated that the most seriously injured victim had been airlifted to an area trauma center and that the other two victims had been transported by ground ambulances to area hospitals.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known and Indio PD’s investigation is ongoing.
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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.