The California Highway Patrol is investigating a 4-wheeler crash in Southern Humboldt that left a man in his mid-30s dead yesterday evening. According to a press release, the man was driving a side-by-side UTV at around 7 p.m. on a dirt road on private property near Island Mountain Road when he made an unsafe turn, […]
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[UPDATE 1:55 P.M.] Traffic Collision with Extrication on Hwy 299
A vehicle, a Pontiac Vibe, hit the embankment about mile marker 40 on Hwy 299 around 1:35 p.m., according to emergency personnel reporting from the accident scene over the scanner. An ambulance has been requested. Emergency personnel reported that there are three patients – one of whom needed extrication. Please remember that information gathered from […]
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Crescent City Man Killed in Logging Accident
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a death investigation after a logging accident killed a 70-year-old man on a rural property near Orick yesterday. According to a press release, two pieces of logging equipment collided, injuring the John Henry Sims Jr., of Crescent City, who died at the scene. Cal OSHA is also investigating […]
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Extrication Needed After Crash on 299
A single vehicle rolled over and one person is trapped in the vehicle at mile marker 33 on State Route 299, according to a report a CHP officer at the scene made to dispatch. The first call came in about 9:40 a.m. The dispatcher sent multiple agencies to the incident. An ambulance is responding. At […]
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Safety Corridor Crash Closed 101 Early This Morning
Northbound U.S. Highway 101 was shut down for more than an hour in the Safety Corridor early this morning after a Toyota Tacoma struck a road construction safety barrier. According to CHP, 32-year-old Shaun Radomski of Newbury Park, California, was driving his 2015 pickup north of Indianola Cutoff when it rear-ended a Caltrans truck that […]
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UPDATE: Extrication Needed After Traffic Collision in Eureka; Broadway Closed
Broadway is closed at Seventh Street after a traffic collision needing extrication occurred at 11:50 a.m. A tractor truck and trailer is on its side at the foot of Fifth Street. The Incident Commander reported over the scanner at noon that the patient has been extricated and sent to the hospital via ambulance. According to […]
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Crash Closes Down Broadway
A little after 1 p.m., a driver lost control of his vehicle on Broadway near Seventh Street. His vehicle struck a power pole shearing it off at the base and dropping a live line across Broadway. Northbound lanes are being diverted at West Grant Street and southbound lanes are being diverted at West Washington Street. […]
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UPDATE: Highway 101 Open to Controlled Traffic After Crash
UPDATE: U.S. Highway 101 is now open to one-way controlled traffic in both directions north of Willits after a fatal crash this afternoon. PREVIOUSLY: U.S. Highway 101 is closed in both directions between Willits and Laytonville, after a fatal, head-on collision shortly after noon today. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Jason Taylor, a black […]
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SECOND UPDATE: 101 Reopened With Traffic Control (Video)
UPDATE: Caltrans reports that U.S. Highway 101 is now open with one-way traffic control in place, which will continue into tomorrow “due to damaged pavement.” PREVIOUS: A 62-year-old Willits man suffered minor injuries this morning when his tanker carrying a full cargo of fuel hit a bridge rail on U.S. Highway 101 north of Leggett […]
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SECOND UPDATE: Tanker Crash Closes 101 North of Leggett
SECOND UPDATE: Caltrans reports via tweet that not much has changed at the scene on U.S. Highway 101, which is closed north of Leggett due to an overturned truck that is leaking fluid, leaving travelers with the only option of using Interstate 5. [UPDATE] Hwy 101 remains CLOSED north of Leggett in Mendocino County due […]
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Solo Vehicle Accident on SR 96 Injures One
About 2:09 p.m., a solo vehicle crashed on State Route 96 near mile marker 23. A woman received major injuries, according to a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol. A helicopter responded to the scene to fly the woman to a hospital, the spokesperson confirmed. For a time, both lanes were blocked but just after […]
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UPDATE: Man Killed in Chainsaw Accident Identified
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed in a chainsaw accident Monday as 29-year-old Edgardo Tirado-Rangel. No further information has been released. PREVIOUSLY: Officials are investigating a chainsaw accident near Trinidad earlier today that left a 29-year-old man dead. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports that, according to a witness on […]