Big-rig smacks 299E guardrail, lanes partially blocked
MONTGOMERY CREEK — Authorities are headed to the scene of a big-rig tractor-trailer combo that crashed into a guardrail and is now partially blocking Hwy 299E, near the Intermountain community of Montgomery Creek.
According to a CHP incident log, although there were no reported injuries, radio traffic at the time indicated fire and rescue personnel were initially dispatched to the scene to verify that no medical attention was needed by the involved driver. Their response was later cancelled.
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CHP and other emergency personnel were first alerted to the crash shortly before 1 p.m., after receiving reports that a yellow Freightliner had crashed into a guardrail near Mile Marker 59.
According to the big-rig driver and other witnesses at the scene who called 911 to report the crash, the truck’s front-end was left “wedged inside the guardrail” and the truck’s 53-foot trailer was left partially blocking the westbound lanes of traffic on the winding, two-lane, mountain roadway.
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The truck driver also advised CHP dispatchers that the front axle of the truck had been heavily damaged and the big-rig was inoperable and could not be moved without assistance.
Despite the highway being partially blocked, 911 callers reported area motorists were using self-implemented one-way traffic control to slowly move their way past the accident scene.
At 1:05 p.m., CHP’s incident log and official radio traffic indicated CHP had confirmed there were no injuries involved in the solo-vehicle crash and area fire and rescue personnel were cancelled from responding.
Contacted for further information at 1:25 p.m., CHP indicated officers and a heavy-duty wrecker were still headed to the scene.
This is a developing story that will be updated as new information is 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.