Cottonwood man ID’d after fatal solo-vehicle crash near Shingletown
UPDATED: Thursday, Dec. 10, 10:49 a.m., With coroner’s release of information.
Originally Published: Monday, Nov. 30, 10:52 a.m.
SHINGLETOWN, Calif. — California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of a single-vehicle crash that happened on Highway 44 near Boulder Ridge Trail, about five miles west of Shingletown Sunday, Nov. 29.
There were no known witnesses to the fatal crash and CHP is continuing to seek anyone who may have information related to the accident.
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CHP and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene around 3:10 p.m., after a passing motorist spotted a wrecked SUV that had struck a telephone pole, shearing it off at the base, before crashing into a pine tree.
When officials arrived they found a heavily damaged GMC Envoy, with its driver and sole occupant still inside the vehicle.
The victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency
personnel, according to Shasta County Chief Deputy Coroner Lieutenant Stonehouse who today identified the victim killed in the crash as 40-year-old, Thomas Adam Sharrah, of Cottonwood.
“The decedent’s next-of-kin has been notified and the postmortem examination has
been completed,” said Stonehouse.
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During their subsequent investigation, CHP determined Sharrah had been traveling eastbound on Highway 44 at an unknown speed when he lost control of his vehicle while rounding a curve.
As Sharrah’s SUV careened across the opposing lane of traffic it continued off the roadway where it first struck a telephone pole and then a tree, according to CHP, who later reported that Sharrah was wearing his seatbelt when the deadly crash occurred.
CHP’s investigation is ongoing and witnesses to the crash are asked to call the Redding CHP at (530) 225-0500.
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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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