Car rolls multiple times, one ejected, after I-5 wreck

January 15, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Three people, including one who was ejected, were seriously injured after a vehicle overturned multiple times in Siskiyou County Thursday evening, Jan. 14.

The rollover accident happened along the northbound Interstate 5 south of Louie Road, about eight miles south of Grenada and twenty-one miles north of Mt. Shasta. It was the second major accident to occur within the area over the last week.

The other fatal, DUI-related crash happened last Thursday, when an intoxicated driver lost control while driving in icy conditions and smashed into the side of a tractor-trailer combo that had been legally parked along the side of the I-5 at Montague Road.

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CHP and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene around 9:22 p.m., after receiving reports of a rollover accident with possible ejection, CHP – Yreka has since reported.

When officials arrived they found a white Kia Rio that had overturned multiple times. They also confirmed that one of the passengers had been ejected and had sustained major traumatic injuries as the vehicle rolled.

All three victims were seriously injured and transported to area hospitals for treatment of injuries that CHP later described as major.

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During their subsequent investigation CHP determined the driver, Michael Chandler of Weed, was traveling northbound on I-5, south of Louie Road when he lost control of his vehicle.

As his car careened across the lanes of traffic and onto the dirt center median area of the highway, the Kia struck a concrete barrier and overturned multiple times.

“A passenger in the back seat was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle,” CHP later described; adding, “The driver and two passengers also sustained major injuries as a result of this crash.”

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Yreka CHP Officers are continuing their investigation and used the opportunity to remind area motorists to always wear their seatbelts; saying, “In 2020 the Yreka CHP Office had six fatal crashes; in five of those crashes, the deceased was not wearing their seatbelt.”

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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 KRCR News Channel 7 and Mountain Echo in Shasta County, Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego 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.