Injured teen mountain biker airlifted from remote trail near Corona
CORONA — Fire and rescue personnel had to hike several miles through heavy vegetation and rugged terrain to locate a juvenile mountain biker who was injured while riding on a remote trail south of Corona and near the unincorporated community of El Cerrito, early Friday evening, March 15.
According to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire and City of Corona Fire departments, the teenage victim possibly suffered a broken hip in the accident and was eventually airlifted from a ridge two miles up Joseph Cyn., in the Cleveland National Forrest above Eagle Glen in the Temescal Valley area.
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Nearly two dozen Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, City of Corona Fire, and other emergency personnel, assisted with Friday’s rescue after receiving reports of the accident around 5:20 p.m.
After making the arduous hike to the victim’s location, officials determined that due to the teen’s difficult to access location, the injured rider would need to be airlifted to an ambulance waiting near the trailhead in the Eagle Glen area.
Cal Fire’s Copter 305 soon arrived and performed a technical hoist, lifting the injured juvenile up into the helicopter. The victim was then flown to the waiting ambulance and transported to an area hospital. Officials described the victim’s condition and injuries as serious.
No further information about the accident and rescue was immediately available.
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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.