Man air-lifted after crushed under Aguanga construction vehicle

AGUANGA — A man escaped serious injuries after a roller/compactor overturned on a rural Aguanga property late Friday afternoon, March 27. The accident, which caused the victim to be trapped under the large construction vehicle and later life-flighted to an area hospital, happened on the 42000 block of Hwy 79 South, according to Cal Fire officials.

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Emergency personnel were first alerted to Friday’s accident around 5 p.m., after receiving reports of a rollover involving a large piece of construction equipment, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department later reported on social media. 911 callers reported the victim was trapped under the piece of equipment and would need to be rescued.

Firefighters work to extricate a man from under a large construction vehicle that overturned in Aguanga last Friday. Cal Fire photo

Eleven firefighters from two engine companies and a truck company responded to the scene of the accident and discovered a man partially crushed underneath a yellow Sakai single drum roller/compactor, which had overturned and rolled about fifteen feet down an embankment.

The overturned vehicles was found “mid slope”, according to Cal Fire officials, who said the roller/compactor came to rest upside down and on top of the victim, whose “lower extremities (were) trapped underneath the machine.”

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Firefighters spent about an hour freeing the victim from underneath the vehicle, before the man was flown by Mercy Air Ambulance to an area hospital.

A friend of the victim later told RCNS the victim did not sustain any broken bones and was released from the hospital after being evaluated.

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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 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.

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