Crash involving Mercy bus snarls I-5 traffic in Redding
UPDATED: Sunday, April 25, 2:50 p.m., With road closure update.
REDDING, Calif. — Officials are at the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck and small bus that collided on the southbound I-5, just north of the North street offramp.
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California Highway Patrol and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene around 2:13 p.m., according to a CHP incident log; which indicated that the 911 caller reported both southbound lanes were blocked.
When officials arrived they found two involved vehicles, described as a full size Dodge Ram 4×4 with a camper shell that sustained heavy front-end damage and a small Dignity Health/Mercy Medical Heart Center E350 van-based bus.
The two vehicles, along with vehicle parts and other debris scattered across the highway led CHP to call for a traffic break at Knighton Road, to allow for officials to work at the scene.
Although both lanes remained blocked as of this report, traffic was being allowed to pass the scene of the crash using the freeway’s center divider.
It was not immediately known if anyone was on the bus when the collision occurred, but at the time of this article no injuries had been reported.
Two tow trucks have been requested to the scene.
Both lanes of traffic were reopened at 2:31 p.m., according to CHP’s incident log, which indicated that officials remained at the scene and their initial on-scene crash investigation was ongoing.
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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.