Four, including two children, seriously injured after Cottonwood rollover crash
COTTONWOOD, Calif. — A family of four, including two children, ages 11 and 3, were seriously injured while another driver reportedly sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle, roll-over traffic collision involving two pickup trucks in Cottonwood Tuesday morning, March 18.
The crash, which left three of the seriously injured victims trapped inside the mangled wreckage of their truck, happened along a hill on Lake California Drive, near the guard shack of the Lake California gated community.
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CHP, Lake California Fire Company Number 2, and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene around 10:20 a.m. after receiving reports of a roll-over traffic collision involving two vehicles.
911 callers advised emergency dispatchers that five people were injured, including three victims who were still trapped and unconscious inside one of the two involved pickup trucks.
Firefighters from Lake California Fire Company Number 2 responded to yesterday’s crash with their new hydraulic extrication tool to cut three trapped and seriously injured victims from their overturned pickup truck. Lake California Fire Company Number 2 photos
When Lake California Fire Company Number 2 personnel and other officials arrived they immediately went to work to extricate the trapped and injured victims from the overturned pickup. At around 10:30 a.m. firefighters updated that they were still trying to stabilize the overturned pickup truck so they could make access to and extricate the victims still trapped inside.
During the extrication process, LCFC firefighters used their newly acquired hydraulic extrication tool to cut the trapped victims from their vehicle.
All four occupants from the overturned pickup were eventually transported to local hospitals, with two listed as trauma alerts. The fifth victim was treated at the scene but did not require further treatment or hospitalization.
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“Today marked another milestone, the new auto extrication tool was used on Lake California Dr. for a two-vehicle head-on traffic accident,” LCFC officials later shared on social media; adding, “Three people needed to be extricated with the assistance of the new tool.”
“We couldn’t be happier with the outcome of the extrication operation,” LCFC officials continued. “We are humbled by the support of our community members who donated to make this opportunity happen.”
Traffic, which was severely impacted by the crash and cleanup efforts, returned to normal shortly after the wrecked trucks were towed from the scene. Lake California Fire Company Number 2 photo
While officials worked at the scene traffic through the area was heavily impacted and area residents later reported significant delays in their travel times as crews worked to clear the mangled wreckage of the two trucks.
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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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