UPDATE: Driver killed fleeing minor Redding crash ID’d
UPDATED: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1:30 p.m., With additional details from RPD.
REDDING — A Shasta Lake man who continued driving at high-speed after side-swiping another vehicle died moments later after losing control of his pickup truck and crashing Monday afternoon, Jan. 14. The deadly accident happened when the man’s truck rolled multiple times and crashed into several trees along Old Oregon Trail in Redding, south of Tierra Oaks Golf Club, according to Redding PD officials.
Officials have since identified the victim as 31-year-old, Patrick E. Sullivan. He succumbed to his injuries and died at the scene of the crash, Redding Police Sgt. Mark Montgomery later explained.
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City of Redding Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to the deadly accident about 12:41 p.m., after receiving reports of a hit and run, followed by a single vehicle, roll-over traffic collision. 911 callers reported the vehicle sustained major damage and that the driver was unconscious and trapped inside the mangled wreckage of his vehicle.
When officials arrived they found a silver Ford F150 on its wheels, but off the roadway and into a stand of trees his pickup plowed into as it was overturning.
Firefighters found Sullivan critically injured and trapped inside his wrecked truck and immediately began a cut and rescue operation, using the “Jaws of Life” to free the injured man from inside his truck.
Once firefighters extricated Sullivan from the pickup they determined he had already succumbed to his injuries and he was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Officers who investigated the cause of the crash interviewed several witnesses, including Tatyana Bobrick, 49, of Redding.
Bobrick told officers she was driving on Bear Mountain Rd., when she approached Old Oregon Trail. Bobrick said as she came to a stop at the intersection, Sullivan suddenly sped past her car, side-swiping her vehicle with his truck as he raced past her.
“The driver of the Ford F-150 did not stop and continued westbound on Old Oregon Trail at a high rate of speed,” Montgomery later explained.
Sullivan, who was not wearing his seat belt, then lost control of his vehicle as it went around a curve west of La Crescenta Dr., at which time his truck careened out of control and left the roadway on the north side. His vehicle overturned several times, hitting a number of trees, before coming to rest along the roadway.
Bobrick was wearing her seat belt when Sullivan side-swiped her vehicle and she was not injured in the collision, according to Montgomery.
Officers investigating the deadly crash have not ruled out alcohol or drug intoxication or a medical condition or crisis as possible contributing factors in the accident, and their investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding this accident investigation is encouraged to contact Redding Police Sgt. Mark Montgomery at (530) 225-4200. Callers can refer to incident file number 19R003031 and can remain anonymous.
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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.