CHP motor officer seriously injured after sideswiped on I-10 in Whitewater
WHITEWATER, Calif. — A CHP motorcycle officer was seriously injured and remains hospitalized with major injuries after he was sideswiped by a car and thrown from his motorcycle Saturday afternoon, Feb. 6.
The crash, which led to two other vehicles colliding, happened on the westbound I-10 near state route 62, in the unincorporated Riverside County area of Whitewater, according to California HIghway Patrol.
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CHP officers were first alerted to the crash at 1:37 p.m., CHP Officer Maclis has since reported.
Multiple units and other emergency personnel responded to the scene, where they found four vehicles, including the officer’s 2014 Harley Davidson, that had crashed.
CHP officers, paramedics, and other medical personnel can be seen tending to a CHP motor officer who was thrown from his motorcycle after being sideswiped on Interstate 10 near state route 62. KESQ News Channel 3 (corrected/rotated) image
The 31-year-old motor officer from San Bernardino was down in the lanes of travel and while other officers comforted him medical personnel began treating him. He was later rushed to an area trauma center with injuries Maclis described as major.
During their subsequent investigation, CHP determined that the motor officer was thrown from his motorcycle after being side-swipped by a 2012 Lexus driven by a 39-year-old Cherry Valley man.
The driver of the vehicle who struck the officer was not injured in the accident, which led to a chain-reaction crash between two other vehicles, whose drivers swerved while trying to avoid the initial collision and the officer after he was ejected from his motorcycle onto the highway.
Both of those vehicles, described as a 2017 Dodge Ram and 2004 Toyota, were damaged but no injuries were reported as a result of the secondary crash, according to Maclis.
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Officers do not believe drug or alcohol intoxication were contributing factors in the collision, which remains under investigation.
Anyone who witnessed this accident and has not yet provided a statement is encouraged to contact Officer Maclis at (760) 772-5300.
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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 (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS).
Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County-based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.
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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