Deer-related crashes near JP & Old Station dividing area resources
JOHNSON PARK — No injuries were reported this evening, Wednesday, May 29, after a vehicle struck a deer while traveling on SR-299E, just west of SR-89 in the Johnson Park area east of Burney.
Tonight’s deer-related accident happened just 15 minutes after another deer was reportedly struck east of Old Station, in the area of highways 44 and 89. The two, non-injury collisions happened about 30 miles apart.
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CHP was notified about the second collision around 9:15 p.m., after a motorist in a Subaru reported hitting a deer. The 911 caller reported the deceased deer and related debris were still in the roadway and that their vehicle was disabled and would need to be towed from the scene.
A tow truck that was requested to the area reported having an extended ETA, due to having been dispatched to the other, earlier deer-related collision near Old Station. The first crash involved a Chevy that was also left inoperable.
As of this report, both accident scenes were still active and CHP is investigating the two collisions.
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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.