Crash sends logs raining down onto I-5, crushing pickup
LAMOINE — Minor injuries were reported after a logging truck loaded with lumber overturned while crossing over Interstate 5, south of Lamoine, Tuesday morning, June 18. The solo-vehicle crash sent logs raining down onto the I-5, and crushed a Toyota pickup truck that had been passing below the McCardle Flat Rd. overpass when the accident occurred, about 35 miles north of Redding. Motorists later reported last Tuesday’s crash caused vehicles to back up more than ten miles and caused delays in travel times of up to several hours.
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CHP later reported the logging truck had been traveling east on McCardle Flat Rd. when the big-rig driver lost control, causing the tractor-trailer combo to overturn and spill its load onto the southbound lanes of I-5.
Although a Toyota Tundra pickup truck that had been passing below the underpass when the big-rig overturned was crushed and heavily damaged by the logs as they fell onto the freeway below, the driver only sustained minor injuries, according to CHP.
After being treated at the scene, the Toyota driver was transported by ground ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Redding. The tractor-trailer driver was not injured in the crash.
Caltrans District 2 was called in to assist with traffic control and also helped CHP coordinate cleanup of the truck’s spilled load of logs.
The accident caused significant delays throughout the area and the full cause of the crash is still under investigation, according to CHP.
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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.
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