CHP investigating Montgomery Creek rollover

MONTGOMERY CREEK — CHP is investigating the cause of a solo-vehicle rollover traffic collision that happened north of Hillcrest earlier this evening, Monday, June 3. No injuries were reported after the crash, which happened in the 21000 block of Big Bend Rd., near Richardson Creek and about four miles north of 299E.

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CHP was first alerted to the non-injury accident around 8:45 p.m., according to a CHP incident log.

An officer arrived in the area about 45 minutes later and reported finding a Suzuki FS Sport that had overturned and come to rest upside down on its roof, about twenty feet from the roadway.

When CHP closed their incident shortly before 10 p.m., tow arrangements were still being worked out and Performance Tow was expecting to have a driver in the area within the hour.

The accident did not cause any delays in area travel times and CHP’s investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.


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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.