UPDATE: Injured 2 weeks ago in Aguanga crash, Temecula nurse dies, ID’d

Eric Fillman, 55, of Temecula, died two weeks after a crash near Aguanga. Eric Fillman GoFundMe photo

Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials identified yesterday Eric Fillman as the man who died as a result of the crash. According to a coroner’s release Fillman succumbed to his injuries Friday, Nov. 23, at Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center and was pronounced deceased at 1:18 p.m.

The crash that led to Fillman’s death happened at 9:40 a.m. on Highway 371, 2.5 miles east of Highway 79, according to coroner officials. He was initially airlifted to LLUMC and had been intubated since the accident, according to a GoFundMe fundraiser set up by friends and family members to help raise money for his medical expenses.

Fillman was a registered nurse at Bridge Home Health and Hospice, according to the fundraiser, which had raised $2,300 of $15,000 as of this report.

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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 15 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.