SR-299E crash leaves truck “buried in the trees” near Oak Run Rd

January 20, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

BELLA VISTA, Calif. — No injuries were reported after a pickup truck traveling on SR-299E went about 30 feet over the embankment and into the trees west of Oak Run Road yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, Jan. 19.

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California Highway Patrol, Caltrans, and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene between Bella Vista and Montgomery Creek near MM 46.00 around 1 p.m., after receiving reports of the solo-vehicle accident, according to a CHP incident log and official radio traffic at the time.

The 911 caller reported that two occupants had managed to exit the wrecked truck, which they told emergency dispatchers had gone down the east-side embankment of the highway. The caller also reported that the truck was “buried in the trees” about 800 feet west of Oak Run Road and said, “all you can see is the tail-end of it.”

First arriving officials found a full-size, four-door Toyota Tundra down the embankment and reported the impact had sheered an 18-inch alder tree, which had come crashing down on top of the pickup truck.

Officials also determined the two occupants from the truck were not seriously injured and did not require medical treatment, at which time medical personnel were canceled from responding.

At around 3:20 p.m., CHP initiated one-way traffic control to allow for the truck to be pulled from the embankment. However, the recovery efforts were hampered by the tree that had been knocked down on top of the truck, and officials were forced to use chainsaws to cut the tree away from the vehicle so it could be pulled back up to the roadway.

The one-way traffic control continued for about an hour until the truck was recovered and towed away from the scene.

Contacted for further information, a CHP representative said officers were continuing to investigate the cause of the crash and that no further details were immediately available.

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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.