UPDATE: Riding bike to school, 8-year-old girl struck by pickup truck in Redding

November 17, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATED: Wednesday, Nov. 17, 7:50 a.m., With additional details from Redding PD.

Originally Published: Tuesday, Nov. 16, 12:36 p.m.

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say an 8-year-old girl who was riding her bike to a Redding elementary school was struck by a pickup truck just outside the campus grounds Tuesday morning, Nov. 16.

The victim suffered minor, non-life-threatening injuries and was briefly hospitalized after the accident, which occurred outside Mistletoe Elementary, in the 1200 block of Mistletoe Lane, between Shasta Pines Way and Penn Drive.

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City of Redding police and fire personnel were dispatched to the scene around 7:50 a.m. after receiving reports of a traffic collision involving a juvenile on a bicycle and pickup truck, Redding Police Corporal Michael DiMatteo has since reported.

When officials arrived they found the young bicyclist down on the ground being attended to by school administrators and witnesses. A silver Dodge Ram truck was parked nearby, and the driver remained at the scene and was cooperative with officers during their collision investigation.

Officials are seen treating an 8-year-old girl who was struck by a pickup truck while riding her bike outside Mistletoe Elementary School in Redding. KRCR photo

The young girl was transported to Mercy Medical Center in Redding, where she was treated for minor injuries. She has since been released and is back home recovering, according to friends and family.

During their subsequent collision investigation, officers learned that just before being struck, the girl had been riding her bicycle against traffic as she approached the school’s entrance, according to DiMatteo; who added that the girl was not wearing her helmet properly.

At the same time, a 47-year-old Redding woman who had just dropped her children off at the school was preparing to exit the parking lot of the campus in her Dodge truck.

As the driver began to pull out of the parking lot onto the roadway, the victim rode out into the roadway directly into the path of the Dodge truck where she was struck and knocked from her bike onto the road.

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In the wake of the accident, Mistletoe school officials sent a message to parents saying that the victim remained conscious after the collision and was receiving treatment. Officials also said they will be working with Redding PD and CHP officers to conduct a safety review and will be providing additional bike safety training for students.

DiMatteo used the opportunity to remind parents that juveniles riding bicycles are required to wear helmets when on the roadway.

“It is also important for motorists to be aware of children in school zones, slow down and always watch for children coming and going to school on bicycles and walking,” the Corporal admonished.

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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.