UPDATE: Hwy 89 reopened after Hat Creek multi-vehicle crash with double rollover
Writer’s Note: This is an early and breaking story based solely on official radio traffic and a CHP Incident Log. As such, some details could change as more information becomes available.
UPDATED: Friday, Dec. 24, 12:49 p.m.
See Original Story below.
HAT CREEK, Calif., — CHP has updated that this accident resulted in minor injuries and that Hwy. 89 has been reopened.
They have not released any further details regarding their collision investigation, which is continuing.
Original Story: HAPENING NOW: Hwy. 89 impassable after Hat Creek multi-vehicle crash with double rollover
HAT CREEK, Calif., — Details continue to trickle in and officials remain at the scene of a double-rollover, multi-vehicle collision in the Intermountain area community of Hat Creek, north of Old Station. The crash left at least one victim trapped and injured inside their overturned vehicle and that victim was extricated just moments ago, at around 12:20 p.m.
The accident, which has left the highway impassable, happened along Hwy. 89 – approximately one-half mile south of Rancheria RV Park and Black Angus Lane.
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California Highway Patrol and other area emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene around 11:20 a.m. after one of the involved drivers called 911 and reported that he had been involved in a rollover traffic accident involving at least one other vehicle, described by him as a recreational vehicle.
The caller also reported that his silver Toyota Tacoma had slid on the ice before overturning off the highway, and said that other involved vehicles were blocking both directions of travel along the two-lane mountain roadway.
The first arriving personnel reported finding not one, but two vehicles that had overturned, and updated that the highway was blocked and impassable due to multiple big rigs and other vehicles that had stopped to render aid to the involved victims.
Officials also reported that the involved RV, described as a 20-25 ft. Winnebago, was found to be about twenty feet off the roadway and a heavy-duty wrecker – which already happened to be just minutes away in Old Station, was summoned and is currently still responding to the scene.
As additional resources were continuing to arrive at the location, officials also reported that extrication efforts were continuing for one victim left trapped in one of the overturned vehicles. That person was eventually pulled from their vehicle, which has not yet been described, and was transported to Mayers in Fall River Mills with unspecified injuries.
At around noon, officials requested all vehicular traffic continued to remain stopped in both directions, to allow rescue crews safe access to the collision scene, which remained heavily active as of this report.
This is an early breaking report and will be updated as new details become available.
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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.
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