No injuries reported after 299E crash near Montgomery Creek

MONTGOMERY CREEK — No injuries were reported after an SUV careened off 299E, and ended up down an embankment, last night, Saturday, March 23. The non-injury accident happened near Moose Camp Rd., in the Montgomery Creek area.

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CHP and other emergency personnel were first alerted to the crash around 5:20 p.m., when they received a report of the crash. A 911 caller reported that a dark-colored SUV, described as a Chevy Trailblazer, ran off the roadway and ended up in the trees in a gully along the north side of the winding, two-lane mountain roadway.

According to a CHP incident log, the female victim of the crash was reportedly “shaken up” but was otherwise uninjured in the crash.

Several witnesses and good Samaritans who stopped at the scene to offer help to the stranded motorist later told SCNS the victim’s husband, who was possibly driving behind the victim when the crash happened or rushed to the scene after hearing about the accident, was already at the scene and attempting to drive the SUV up and out of the gully where it came to rest.

Subsequent 911 callers reported heavy hail in the area, with one to two inches of ice on the highway, which was making recovery efforts difficult. CHP’s incident log later updated that chain control signs had been activated for the area, due to worsening weather conditions.

Although a tow truck was summoned to the scene to assist, it was later cancelled. It was not immediately known if the vehicle’s owner managed drive the SUV out of the gully or if someone else assisted in recovering the vehicle from down the embankment.

Contacted for further information about the crash, CHP could not provide any further details.

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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.