Two hospitalized after Menifee crash involving big rig
MENIFEE, Calif. — Two people were injured, including one who had to be extricated from their wrecked vehicle after a collision involving a passenger sedan and a tractor-trailer combo in Menifee Tuesday afternoon, March 9.
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Emergecny personnel were dispatched to the area of Palomar Road and Hwy 74 around 4:48 p.m., according to a Cal Fire-Riverside release.
Firefighters found two victims inside a passenger vehicle that had been involved in a crash with a big rig and began treating the injured parties.
One of those injured in the collision had to be cut free from the sedan, while the other was able to self-extricat from the vehicle.
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Two victims were eventually transported to an area hospital for further evaluation and treatment of their unspecified injuries.
Menifee Police Department is handling the collision investigation, which is ongoing.
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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.