Scene cleared & power restored after fiery Redding crash damages utility poles, causes power outage
REDDING, Calif., — Authorities are continuing to investigate the cause of a fiery crash into two power poles that knocked out power to homes and businesses in the surrounding area and forced the temporary closure of East Street, north of Pine Street Friday morning, March 18.
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City of Redding police and fire personnel were dispatched to the scene around 7 a.m., after receiving reports of a traffic accident that knocked down a Redding Electric Utility power pole, Redding Police Corporal Wes Townsley has since reported.
When officials began arriving, they found a red 2014 Chevy Camaro that had plowed into a pair of power poles, completely shearing one at the base and leaving the other damaged. The first officer at the scene updated that wood debris from the shattered pole appeared to have been contacted by one of the downed live power lines and was continuing to burn.
While firefighters extinguished the small fire, officers contacted the driver, Angel Porras-Jimenez, 25, of Redding.
Porras-Jimenez told officers he had to swerve off the road to avoid a collision with another vehicle that pulled into his lane of travel.
“His vehicle … collided with a REU power pole, sheering it completely off, and continued forward until he collided with a second REU pole. This collision also caused a power outage for a short time in surrounding businesses and residences,” Townsley explained.
A video filmed at the scene and shared to social media from R&R Quality Meats & Seafood, (which can be viewed below), showed the immediate aftermath of the high-speed crash, with a Redding police officer standing by waiting for the fire department to arrive and extinguish the burning debris left by the collision.
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Due to the extensive repairs needed to the two poles and downed power lines, East Street was temporarily closed from Pine Street to Locust Street. The roadway was reopened the next afternoon, after the necessary repairs had been completed.
Anyone with information regarding this accident investigation is encouraged to contact the Redding Police Department at (530) 225-4200. Callers can remain anonymous.
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Trevor Montgomery, 51, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and operates Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS). Both are stringer organizations, providing breaking news coverage and community interest stories for other mainstream media organizations throughout the two regions they serve.
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.