Driver sought after hit and run kills Burney woman, 63

March 12, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

BURNEY, Calif. — Authorities say a 63-year-old Burney woman was fatally struck by a driver who then fled the scene of the deadly collision last night, Thursday, March 11. The fatal incident happened on SR-299E near Hudson Street. Witnesses to the incident have said the vehicle struck and dragged the victim, before leaving her to die in the middle of the roadway.

The driver who hit and killed the victim was not immediately located; however, California Highway Patrol and local sheriff’s officials are following up on specific and detailed leads regarding the vehicle.

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CHP officers, Burney Sheriff’s Station deputies, Caltrans, and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene around 10:30 p.m. after receiving reports of a victim down in the roadway who had just been struck by a vehicle.

According to a CHP incident log, the 911 caller told emergency dispatchers they had spotted a person’s shoe in the roadway before locating the victim’s lifeless and bloody body in the westbound lane of traffic along Main Street/Highway 299E.

CHP and Burney Sheriff’s Station deputies who responded to reports of a hit and run in downtown Burney found a 63-year-old woman who had been struck by a vehicle and left for dead in the roadway in the area of Main and Hudson streets. Robin Montgomery/SCNS Staff photographer photo

Officials began arriving within minutes of the dispatched call and quickly located the victim’s body still down in the roadway.

The woman had sustained major, life-threatening injuries and passed away at the scene, according to one official who declined to be identified or interviewed.

CHP has since reported that the victim, whose name has not been released pending notification of the woman’s family, appeared to have been walking in or near the westbound lane of the highway when the vehicle hit her.

The driver of the vehicle that fatally struck the woman, described by one witness to possibly be a newer, black or dark-colored compact SUV, did not stop or attempt to render aid and had fled the scene prior to officers’ arrival. Although initial reports indicated the vehicle was a Jeep, video evidence has since surfaced that shows the vehicle was not a Jeep.

That witness, who declined to be identified, described seeing the SUV drag the victim under their vehicle for some distance, before her body was dislodged from under the chassis and left in the roadway. He initially had thought the SUV had been dragging a trash can before realizing what had actually just happened.

Although it was not immediately known how fast the hit-and-run vehicle was traveling when it fatally struck the victim, the posted speed limit throughout the town of just 3,200 residents is 30 mph.

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While investigating the deadly collision officials called for the temporary partial closure of the highway and were seen diverting westbound traffic onto nearby sidestreets. The roadway remained closed until the conclusion of CHP’s initial on-scene investigation and was reopened around 1 a.m.

CHP’s investigation is active and ongoing and officers have asked that anyone with information about the accident or who may have witnessed the collision and has not yet provided a statement to contact CHP’s Redding Area Office at (530) 225-0500. Callers can remain anonymous.

This is a developing story that will be updated as new information becomes 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 (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.