Major injuries reported after pickup crashes into creek near Ingot

March 2, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATED: Monday, March 2, 11:30 a.m., With roadway conditions update.

See Original Story below.

INGOT — CHP updated shortly before 11:30 a.m., that the pickup truck involved in this collision had been successfuly pulled from the creek and removed from the area.

Officers also reported that the highway had re-opened with no further delays expected.

Original Story

INGOT — Details are still emerging but CHP officials confirmed they are investigating the cause of a major injury traffic accident that happened overnight on a winding section of SR-299E, near MM 44.66 just east of the Ingot turnout.

Despite working at the scene throughout the morning, as of this article officials were still trying to recover the wrecked vehicle, described as a 3/4 ton pickup truck that appeared to have broken in half with its bed still attached, according to a CHP incident log.

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CHP and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene of the crash shortly before 12:30 a.m., after a 911 caller reported spotting a vehicle that careened off the highway and continued about 50 feet down an embankment, where it came to rest on large boulders along Little Cow Creek.

As their investigation was getting underway, CHP requested Animal Regulation officers to the scene to assist with at least one pet that was inside the truck when the accident occurred, CHP’s incident log indicated.

At around 1:30 a.m., CHP updated that officials had determined they were unable to recover and remove the wrecked pickup due to its location “along the apex of the curve.”

Officers at the scene also reported they would need Cal Trans assistance later in the morning, along with a medium or heavy duty wrecker with a boom to lift the wrecked vehicle off the boulders and pull the vehicle back onto Hwy 299E, so it could be removed from the area.

Although a medium-duty wrecker from Keith’s Tow responded to the scene around 8:30 a.m., the tow driver recommended the vehicle recovery would have to be completed with a larger, heavy duty wrecker.

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As of 10:30 a.m., CHP reported Cal-Trans had implemented one-way traffic control and were slowly allowing motorists to move past the scene of the wreck and ongoing vehicle recovery efforts.

Despite contacting CHP, officials said no information about the number of victims or severity of their injuries was immediately available and that CHP’s investigation was active and ongoing at the scene.

This is a developing story that will be updated as new information becomes available.

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Trevor Montgomery, 48, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, (the now defunct) Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; 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 29 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 16 grandchildren.