Bicyclist hospitalized after Burney accident
BURNEY, Calif., — A bicyclist was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries after crashing while riding in Burney around noon today, Thursday, Aug. 12. Evidence at the scene indicted the accident possibly happened in or near the crosswalk at the intersection of Main St/SR-299E and Mountain View Road, between Speedway Express and Fuel Commander.
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California Highway Patrol and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene around 11:53 a.m., after receiving reports of a solo-vehicle accident involving a bicyclist, according to a CHP incident log and official radio traffic at the time. 911 callers reported that no other vehicles were involved and that the injured bicyclist was still in the roadway blocking traffic.
A man sustained minor injuries and was hospitalized after crashing his bike while riding through a Burney intersection around noon today. Pauline Nez photo
When officials arrived they found the bicyclist still down in the roadway suffering from unspecified injuries to his leg, arm and face. He was transported to Mayers in Fall River for further evaluation and treatment of his minor injuries.
Contacted for further information about the accident, CHP Officer Chris Ogden told SCNS the victim apparently went over his handlebars due to an unknown reason.
“He was a little banged up, but otherwise OK,” Ogden explained.
Although the emergency response caused minor back ups through the busy intersection, which is one of only two traffic controlled intersections in the small town of just 3,200, traffic returned to normal within 30 minutes of the dispatched call.
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Trevor Montgomery, 50, 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.