Moderate injuries reported after Moreno Valley rollover crash

MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — A driver was left trapped and injured inside a pickup truck that crashed into a fire hydrant and overturned in a Moreno Valley residential neighborhood yesterday afternoon, Aug. 24.

The victim was later transported to an area hospital with moderate injuries after the collision, which occurred in the area of Country Canyon and Canyon Vista roads, according to officials.

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Deputies from the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station, along with Cal Fire-Riverside firefighters and other emergency personnel, were dispatched, to the scene around 7 a.m., according to a Cal Fire social media release.

When officials arrived they found a brown, full-size pickup truck overturned onto its passenger side, with the driver trapped inside their vehicle.

Firefighters work to extricate a trapped and injured motorist after a crash involving a fire hydrant that was sheared off at its base. Bill Thost photos

Firefighters were able to extricate the victim from the truck and the person was transported to an area hospital with moderate injuries.

A fire hydrant that was sheared off in the collision left a geyser of water shooting high into the air and firefighters worked to quickly shut off the hydrant’s water supply so the hydrant could later be replaced.

It was not immediately known how fast the truck was being driven at the time of the crash, but the posted speed limit within the residential neighborhood is 25 mph.

Moreno Valley PD’s investigation is ongoing and no further details have been released.

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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.

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