Victims recovering, 3 dogs safely returned after Burney rollover
UPDATED: Saturday, Sept. 19, 4:20 p.m.
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BURNEY, Calif. — A Hat Creek woman is continuing to recover today after a solo-vehicle rollover accident that happened on Mountain View Rd. in Burney early Friday morning, Sept. 18.
The crash, which left a second woman with minor injuries, was the first of two rollover accidents to occur Friday morning and was just one of four solo-vehicle, rollover accidents to happen in the Intermountain area in the last few weeks. Two of those crashes, both of which occurred on SR-299E, proved fatal for their drivers.
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The driver, Hat Creek resident Jolie George, was treated at Mayers Hospital for complaints of pain to her right wrist and left shoulder, along with back and hip soreness and later released. Although bloodied and bruised, Jolie’s sister was treated at the scene and declined further treatment.
But according to Jolie, worse than her physical pain after the accident was not knowing the whereabouts of one of three dogs who had been with her when the rollover crash occurred.
“I honestly don’t know how it happened,” Jolie told SCNS today of her accident.
“The last thing I remember was heading home with my sister and three dogs,” Jolie continued; saying their names are “Guy”, “Moo Moo” – aka “Jackie”, and the youngest of the trio, “Pea Tree”.
Jolie George of Hat Creek says she is recovering from minor injuries and thankful that all three of her beloved dogs have been found since Friday morning’s rollover accident. Robin Montgomery/SCNS photo
According to Jolie, when her SUV – once affectionately nicknamed “Mean Green” – overturned, two of her dogs remained in the area of the crash. However, her third, Pea Tree, fled from the area and could not be found in the darkness of the forest.
With Pea Tree still missing once Jolie got back from the hospital, she said she and her mother went back to the scene of the accident early that morning to search for the missing pet.
Although their morning search proved fruitless, Jolie said she could not give up on the pooch she described as her “little warrior” and the pair went back later in the afternoon to search the area again.
While searching and calling out for Pea Tree, Jolie said she heard a familiar bark from the heavily forested area and then saw her dog.
“She came running fast,” Jolie described; saying she could not have been happier to find her missing pal.
Although her SUV, “Mean Green”, was totaled, Jolie said she was thankful to have been able to walk away from the accident and has been grateful for the outpouring of love and support she has received from the community since the accident.
Jolie was also quick to thank area residents who came to her and her sister’s aid and helped corral the two dogs who had stayed in the area. According to Jolie, the witnesses brought leashes to keep Guy and Jackie out of the firefighters’ way and helped keep them safe before later returning them to their grateful owner.
Of course, she has offered to return the leashes and said she would love to thank her good Samaritans in person for helping during the “awful” ordeal; saying, “For the people that stopped and helped with my dogs, THANK YOU!!!”
Original Story: Minor injuries reported after Burney rollover
BURNEY, Calif. — Authorities are investigating the cause of a solo-vehicle rollover accident in Burney that happened earlier this morning, Friday, Sept. 18.
The crash, which sent one of two female occupants to the hospital with minor injuries, happened on Mountain View Rd., about a mile east of Carberry St. and just west of the water tower.
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CHP and Burney Station deputies, along with firefighters and paramedics, were dispatched to the scene about 1:12 a.m., after receiving the report of a rollover accident with victims trapped inside an overturned SUV.
According to a CHP incident log, the 911 caller reported the vehicle was on its side and still running, and that two women were screaming for help. The caller also told CHP emergency dispatchers that the overturned SUV was smoking and feared the vehicle might catch fire.
Left bloodied, bruised and trapped inside their overturned SUV, two women were treated at the scene of this morning’s solo-vehicle accident. One of the victims was later transported to an area hospital for further treatment. Robin Montgomery/SCNS photo
When officials arrived at the scene they found a full-size dark colored SUV on its side about ten feet from the roadway, amidst thick foliage and heavy vegetation.
Both women involved in the crash were still inside the overturned vehicle and witnesses were trying to help the women from the wrecked SUV, according to CHP’s log.
Firefighters quickly managed to cut away the roof of the vehicle to allow the bloody and trapped women to exit the SUV.
Both victims were assessed and treated at the scene for minor injuries and complaints of pain before one of the two was transported by ground ambulance to Mayers Hospital in Fall River Mills for further treatment.
The other occupant was later taken home by deputies who had responded to the accident.
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An official at the scene told SCNS that alcohol and/or drug intoxication had not been ruled out as contributing factors in the accident.
The wrecked SUV was eventually towed from the scene and CHP’s investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing.
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Trevor Montgomery, 49, 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 30 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.
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