Man arrested after fatal rollover crash with ejection near Montague – DUI suspected

May 17, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities say a man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter after a solo-vehicle rollover crash that left his passenger dead late Sunday night, May 16th.

The victim died after he was ejected when the vehicle overturned, while traveling on Ager Beswick Road east of Little Bogus Creek Road, about fifteen miles north of Montague, according to California Highway Patrol.

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CHP has since reported that 33-year-old, Joshua Keith Justice was driving eastbound on Ager Beswick Road when, for unknown reasons, he allowed his vehicle to drift off the side of the roadway.

Justice overcorrected, causing his vehicle to careen out of control and overturn, according to CHP.

Justice’s passenger, described as a 54-year-old man, was not wearing his seat belt and was ejected from the overturning vehicle, causing him to sustain fatal traumatic injuries. Officials have not released the victim’s name, pending further investigation and notification of the man’s family. It was not immediately known how, or if, Justice was related to the victim killed in the crash.

Justice was treated for his injuries and later arrested. He was then booked into the Siskiyou County Jail on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI resulting in injury. He was also booked for an unspecified misdemeanor warrant for failing to appear in another case.

Online jail records indicate Justice remains in custody in lieu of $10,000 bail or bond.

The deadly crash remains under investigation.

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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.