Anderson wreck kills Redding woman, 60

May 11, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

ANDERSON, Calif. — A 60-year-old Redding woman was killed after crashing into an Anderson area ditch Sunday afternoon, May 10. She was not wearing her seat belt when the accident occurred according to California Highway Patrol.

Officers are now investigating the cause of the deadly solo-vehicle wreck, which happened in the area of Dersch and Parkville roads.

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CHP officers and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the area around 4:30 p.m., after receiving report of a vehicle that crashed into a ditch.

When officials arrived they found a 2016 Ford Taurus in a pasture along the south side of Dersch Rd., and discovered the driver of the car had sustained major injuries.

The victim was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Redding where she succumbed to her injuries and passed away about an hour later.

The victim’s name has not been released, pending further investigation and notification of the woman’s family.

Officers who investigated the fatal crash later reported the victim was traveling eastbound on Dersch Rd. when her vehicle drifted off the south side of the road and crashed into a ditch in a pasture.

CHP has said no other vehicles were involved in the deadly crash and their investigation is ongoing.

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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.