299E cleared after PG&E vehicle crashes down embankment near Ingot

January 14, 2019 Trevor Montgomery

INGOT — Authorities are investigating a non-injury traffic collision involving a PG&E vehicle that left the roadway and went down an embankment earlier this afternoon, Monday, Jan. 14. The solo-vehicle crash happened on Highway 299E, near Ingot, according to a CHP incident log.

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CHP was first alerted to the crash about 12:50 p.m., by several motorists and good Samaritans who stopped at the scene to provide aid and comfort to a woman who was driving the vehicle when it left the roadway. 911 callers reported the vehicle ended up about 30 feet off the road and 20 feet down an embankment. It was not immediately known if the driver was a PG&E employee.

Responding officials located a vehicle, described by witnesses as possibly a white Chevy Suburban, down an embankment along the north side of the highway.

The driver was reportedly uninjured and declined medical treatment at the scene, according to the CHP log.

A PG&E contracted tow company was eventually summoned to the scene to pull the wrecked SUV from the embankment.

At 1:21 p.m., CHP’s log indicated the roadway was clear and open and that traffic was moving unimpeded and unaffected by the ongoing vehicle recovery efforts.

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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.