Car plummets 50 ft off 299E into Cedar Creek

January 15, 2019 Trevor Montgomery

OAK RUN — California Highway Patrol is investigating a non-injury, solo vehicle crash near the unincorporated community of Oak Run after a vehicle plummeted about 50 feet down a steep embankment and ended up in Cedar Creek. The accident happened along Highway 299E, just west of Oak Run Rd., according to a CHP incident log.

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CHP was first alerted to the crash around 9:45 a.m., after receiving reports of a vehicle that had left the roadway and plunged about 50 feet down an embankment.

911 callers reported the vehicle ended up in Cedar Creek. Callers also said they could see the occupant out of the wrecked vehicle, described as a small, blue car, and told emergency dispatchers the driver appeared uninjured.

When officials arrived they confirmed finding a vehicle that had lost control and left the roadway, before plummeting down the steep embankment that overlooks the creek below.

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

A tow truck with at least 50 feet of cable was summoned to the scene to attempt to recover the wrecked car from the creek. As of this report the wrecker was still headed to the scene of the crash, which was not blocking the winding, two-lane mountain roadway.

Contacted for information about this accident, CHP dispatchers reported recovery efforts to pull the wrecked car from Cedar Creek are ongoing, but not causing any significant traffic delays at the time of this report.

CHP’s investigation into the cause of the accident is continuing and officials have not released any information regarding the crash or their ongoing investigation.

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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.