DUI suspected after SR-60 wrong way crash in JV

JURUPA VALLEY — Two drivers escaped serious injury after a wrong way driver plowed head-on into another vehicle early Sunday morning, Nov. 11. The crash happened on the Van Buren Blvd on-ramp to the westbound 60 Freeway. According to CHP, DUI is suspected as a contributing factor in the crash.

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CHP began receiving reports of a wrong way driver in a van traveling eastbound on the westbound side of Highway 60, near the I-15 interchange in Jurupa Valley, around 4 a.m.

Moments later, CHP received several additional calls reporting that the wrong way van had smashed head-on with another vehicle on the Van Buren on-ramp to SR-60.

When officials arrived at the scene they found two wrecked vehicles, described as a
silver Chevrolet Voyager van and dark-colored Toyota sedan, in the middle of the on-ramp. Vehicle parts and debris were scattered across the on-ramp. Both vehicles had sustained heavy front-end damage and were later towed from the scene.

Paramedics evaluated and treated both drivers, who were later transported by ground ambulances to an area hospital with injuries described as minor. CHP later credited seat belt use as the main reason the two drivers survived the tremendous crash.

According to an officer at the scene of the collision, alcohol and/or drug intoxication is suspected in the crash, but officials have not specified if the suspected drunk driver was arrested the morning of the wreck.

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Trevor Montgomery, 47, moved last year 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.