Driver fatally ejected, passenger seriously injured in Anderson crash

October 26, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

ANDERSON, Calif., — Authorities say excessive speed on rain-slicked roads led to a fatal rollover accident with ejection in Anderson, just north of Happy Valley, Monday afternoon, Oct. 25.

The driver died at the scene and a passenger was hospitalized after the deadly crash, which happened in the area of Canyon Road and China Gulch Drive, according to California Highway Patrol.

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CHP and other emergency personnel responded to the scene of the crash just before 1 p.m., CHP Sergeant Greg Ross has since reported.

When officials arrived they found an overturned silver sedan on its roof in a gully adjacent the roadway and soon located two victims, including one who had been ejected from the overturned vehicle.

One person was fatally ejected and another was hospitalized after a rollover crash in the area of Canyon Road and China Gulch Drive in Anderson yesterday afternoon. KRCR-TV photos

The ejected victim, believed by CHP to have been the driver, was pronounced deceased at the scene, while the passenger was transported to an area hospital with unspecified injuries since described as moderate.

The name of the victim has not yet been released, pending further investigation and notification of the person’s family.

Ross told KRCR News at the scene that officers who investigated the accident determined that the driver was going too fast for the weather condition and careened off the roadway where it then struck a tree and overturned.

Ross used the opportunity to urge drivers to use extra caution while driving during rain or inclement weather conditions, saying, “With the weather, some of the roadways are still wet from previous rains, so people need to be careful and slow down for the wet roadways.”

CHP’s accident investigation is ongoing.

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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.