“Heavily intoxicated” Redding woman arrested after fleeing multiple collisions, head-on crash

September 15, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a woman they described as “heavily intoxicated” was arrested last night, Tuesday, Sept. 14, after first leaving the scene of multiple collisions that occurred in the Win River Casino and then crashing head-on into a pickup truck while driving the wrong direction within a construction zone on Hwy 273.

The final crash, which occurred south of Girvan Road, caused significant damage to City of Redding property and forced the temporary closure of the highway, which has since been re-opened.

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City of Redding police officers were dispatched to the scene of the final collision around 8 p.m. after receiving reports of a two-vehicle crash involving a wrong-way driver, Redding Police Corporal Wes Townsley has since reported.

Investigating officers learned Laura Eiffert, 37 years of Redding, left Win River Casino in her 2015 Silver Kia Sorrento, colliding with multiple parked cars while doing so.

Despite damaging several vehicles, she continued to northbound Highway 273, south of Girvan “where she began driving Northbound in the Southbound lanes,” Towsley explained.

“Eiffert ultimately collided with a 2017 grey Ford F-250 that was driving south in the appropriate southbound lane,” the Corporal continued; saying the driver and sole occupant of the Ford was un-injured in the collision.

This collision occurred in the construction area of Highway 273 and caused significant damage to City of Redding property and forced the closure of the southbound 273 for about an hour.

“Officers conducted a D.U.I investigation and determined Eiffert was driving while heavily intoxicated,” said Townsely. “She was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol and for multiple hit-and-run collisions.”

Online jail records indicate she has since been released from custody.

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Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to contact the Redding Police Department at (530) 225-4200. Callers can refer to incident file number 21R060516 and can remain anonymous.

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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.