Minor injuries after car plows into tractor
SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A driver was hospitalized with minor injuries after smashing into the back of a tractor traveling on a San Jacinto road April 29.
Wednesday morning’s accident happened on Sanderson Ave., between Cottonwood Ave and Ramona Blvd.
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Emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene of the crash after receiving reports of a two vehicle, rollover traffic collision involving a tractor that was struck from behind and overturned on the roadway.
911 callers reported the tractor operator to be ejected from the large farm implement.
A tractor and passenger sedan were totaled after the driver of the sedan slammed into the back of a tractor in San Jacinto. Alex Cruz/Inland Valley News Network photo
When officials arrived they found two heavily damaged vehicles, described as a tan sedan and green farm tractor.
Paramedics evaluated and treated both men involved in the crash before transporting the driver of the car to an area hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
The operator of the tractor declined further treatment at the scene.
Deputies who investigated the collision learned that just before the crash both vehicles had been traveling southbound on Sanderson Ave.
Evidence at the scene along with witness statements indicated that as the sedan approached the tractor from behind, the driver failed to move far enough to the left to avoid striking the farm vehicle and plowed into the tractor’s left rear tire.
The tremendous impact caused the tractor to spin and overturn before coming to rest on its side.
Both vehicles were left inoperable after the collision and were later towed from the scene.
While deputies investigated the cause of the accident Sanderson Ave. was temporary closed between Cottonwood Ave. and Ramona Blvd., and the roadway was reopened several hours later.
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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.