DUI driver arrested after fleeing fiery Temecula wreck
TEMECULA, Calif. — Saying, “Luckily, No one was injured,” officials say a man who had a blood alcohol content of more than twice the legal limit was arrested after trying to flee the scene of a fiery, solo-vehicle wreck early Saturday morning, Dec. 19.
The crash happened on the southernmost end of Old Town Temecula, near the intersection of Old Town Front and First streets.
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City of Temecula deputies and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the accident around 2 a.m., after receiving reports of a vehicle that had crashed into one of the concrete stanchions that hold the large “Old Town Temecula” sign.
Callers reported the driver fled from the vehicle on foot, just as it burst into flames.
“So, ever wondered what double the legal limit blood alcohol level looks like?”, officials later wrote in a social media post with a photo taken from the scene of the fiery crash. “Here it is,” officials continued; adding, “Please don’t drink and drive. You could save yours or another persons life.” RSO/Temecula Police Department photo
Quick responding deputies and firefighters arrived within minutes and found a white SUV fully engulfed in flames and burning across both lanes of Old Town Front Street.
Although officials did not say how fast the vehicle had been going at the time of the accident, evidence at the scene indicated the SUV had struck the stanchion at a significant rate of speed, causing the vehicle to spin, leaving it facing the opposite direction. The impact sent vehicle parts and debris scattered throughout the roadway and the burning vehicle was left blocking both lanes of travel.
While firefighters extinguished the blaze, deputies located and detained the driver, since identified as 23-year-old, Gustavo Adrian Saucedo. While interviewing Saucedo, deputies determined he was intoxicated and arrested him at the scene.
Saucedo was later booked into Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of driving while under the influence and hit and run. Online jail records indicate he was released with a citation within hours of being booked and is scheduled to be arraigned at Murrieta Southwest Justice Center Feb. 9.
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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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