UPDATED: One dead, one injured, after head-on crash near Santa Rosa Plateau
UPDATE: Thursday, Oct. 17, 1:38 p.m. With road closure update.
MURRIETA — Officials are at the scene of a fatal head-on collision between a commercial truck and passenger vehicle that left one person dead and another injured Thursday morning, Oct. 17.
The deadly crash, which caused long delays and created a traffic nightmare for morning commuters, happened on the 39400 block of Clinton Keith Rd., about one and a half miles from the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Station 75 near the Santa Rosa Plateau, in Murrieta.
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CHP, Murrieta PD, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, and other emergency personnel, were dispatched to the crash shortly before 8:30 a.m., after receiving reports of an accident involving a white, 20 foot box truck and burgundy, Toyota RAV 4. 911 callers also reported the roadway was blocked by the wrecked vehicles and that diesel fuel was spilling into the roadway from the heavily damaged box truck.
Cal Fire arrived at the scene within minutes and reported finding the two wrecked vehicles with vehicle parts and debris scattered across the roadway.
Officials at the scene soon called for the temporary closure of Clinton Keith Rd., with Murrieta PD later explaining in a social media post, “Clinton Keith Road will be closed in both directions at the Cal Fire Station 75 west of Bear Creek Drive. Please use an alternate route to access the La Cresta area until further notice.”
Officials requested a sweeper truck and other resources to the scene around 9 a.m., due to debris blocking the lanes of travel and both vehicles were later towed and stored as evidence.
Officials updated shortly before 1:30 p.m. that the road closure would last about two more hours.
Murrieta PD’s investigation is active and ongoing at the scene and officials have not yet released any further information or details about their accident investigation.
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.
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