CHP issues Badlands warning after wreck nearly injures construction workers
BADLANDS, Calif. — CHP says several roadway construction workers are lucky to be alive after two vehicles wrecked while passing through a construction zone in the Badlands area of SR-60, between Moreno Valley and Beaumont last week.
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Nearly struck when two vehicles crashed through a construction zone where he was working, a member of the road crew surveys the scene where two vehicles soared off the highway and down a steep embankment. CHP photo
The crash involved a white Audi A4 and silver passenger sedan, both of which soared off the roadway and down a steep embankment, where the Audi came to rest upside down on its roof.
“(It was) a scary moment for our SR-60 work crews when a multi-vehicle collision occurred in the Badlands,” CHP said after the Tuesday morning, Feb. 2 rollover wreck.
“It was no wonder that they would be first on scene when vehicles are crashing and veering off the roadway just feet from your work zone,” CHP continued; adding, “Thankfully, no crew members were hurt and the drivers walked away with minor injuries.”
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“Let this serve as a reminder that this ongoing project is 55 mph throughout the entirety of the construction zone from Jack Rabbit Trail to Gilman Springs Road,” CPH cautioned. “Slow down and respect the crews that are putting their lives in danger to make a safer roadway.”
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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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