With speeds nearing 100 mph cited, San Jacinto speed enforcement operation nets 36
SAN JACINTO, Calif. — “Were you watching your speed this morning? We were,” deputies from San Jacinto said today after a two-hour speed enforcement operation yielded 36 speeding citations – with at least one driver caught driving more than 90 mph earlier today.
The enforcement operation follows numerous recent major injury and fatal traffic collisions on Sanderson Avenue near Ramona Expressway and the surrounding areas and follows a similar speed enforcement operation conducted by CHP earlier this month. That three-hour operation yielded a total of 23 citations, where speeding was the primary violation cited, CHP reported at the time.
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Two of the recent fatal accidents that led to CHP’s crackdown include a multi-vehicle wreck that killed two children and two adults on Thursday, Feb. 11, and another fatal, chain-reaction crash involving a big rig that caused a nine vehicle collision that killed one person and critically injured several others the previous Monday.
Other recent fatal accidents include a person was killed and another who was hospitalized after a two-vehicle, head-on collision on Ramona Expressway, between Avalon Parkway and Bradley Road, and two people who were killed in a fiery wreck on the expressway, west of Warren Road.
Deputies were catching so many speeders this morning, at several points as many as a half dozen vehicles could be seen pulled over with deputies issuing citations. San Jacinto Sheriff Station photo
Over a two-hour period from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. this morning, several members of the San Jacinto Sheriff Station’s Traffic Team targeted the troublesome area, pulling over countless vehicles in the process.
During the operation, a total of 36 drivers were cited, with one driver caught traveling in excess of 90 mph, according to officials; who later wrote, “Speed is the most common factor in causing a collision,” in their social media release.
“Please observe the speed limit and drive safe,” officials cautioned; adding, “See you out there.”
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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.