Riverside DUI crash injures two officers, five others

August 30, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Officials say an intoxicated driver ran a red light and crashed into two vehicles, including an on-duty Riverside Police Department patrol vehicle and mini-van, Thursday evening, Aug. 27. According to authorities, the driver who caused the collision was more than three times the legal limit when he crashed into the other vehicles.

Two officers from the patrol SUV and a mother with three children from the van sustained minor injuries in the crash, which happened at the intersection of La Sierra and Campbell avenues. All six victims, as well as the suspected drunk driver, were treated at area hospitals for minor injuries, according to authorities who later arrested the driver who caused the collision.

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At around 8 p.m., two Riverside police officers were responding to a call for service when a white Dodge Ram pickup truck towing a concrete pumper failed to stop for a red light at the intersection and crashed into a white van. The impact pushed the van into the patrol vehicle and all three vehicles came to rest within the intersection.

Seven people, including two Riverside police officers, a mother with three children, and another man sustained minor injuries after a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and crashed into two other vehicles. RPD photo

The officers were treated at a local medical facility for minor injuries and the mother and three children were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries, according to officials.

During their subsequent investigation, officers determined the driver who caused the crash, Alfredo Morales, 36, of Ontario, was under the influence of alcohol; after a preliminary screening indicated he was three times above the legal limit of .o8% BAC.

After receiving medical treatment at a local hospital Morales was booked into Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of felony DUI causing injuries.

Online jail records indicate Morales was released within hours of being booked after posting $50,000 bail or bond and he is scheduled to be arraigned at the Riverside Hall of Justice Dec. 29.

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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 18 grandchildren.