Update: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has released the names of those involved in this morning’s incident. From the press release, “The deceased male subject in this case has been positively identified as Terry Allan Hayse, age 57 of Rio Dell. The female subject has been positively identified as Annette Kaleialoha Brooks, age 61 of […]
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UPDATE: CHP Reports Three Fatalities in State Route 299 Crash
Second Update: The CHP has confirmed that 3-year old Aubrey, the Woods’ daughter, has succumbed to her injuries. Update: The CHP has confirmed the name of the passenger in the Chrysler who died in the crash as 53 year old Janine Elaine Orcutt of Hoopa. Previously: The California Highway Patrol is reporting two fatalities — including an […]
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Man Killed After Running into Traffic Near Garberville
A 32-year-old pedestrian was killed Saturday afternoon when he reportedly tried to run across U.S. Highway 101 near Garberville and was hit by a Subaru. Shortly after 1 p.m., Travis Rothwell, of Garberville, ran from the east across U.S. 101 and directly in front of a northbound 2001 Subaru Outback driven by a 20-year-old from […]
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McKinleyville Man Killed in Morning Crash
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a single car crash that left a pedestrian dead in McKinleyville before dawn today. According to the CHP, Kevin Leigh Patton, 48, of McKinleyville, was travelling about 30 miles per hour westbound on Airport Road at about 5:10 a.m. in his 2005 Chevrolet Silverado. For unknown reasons, a pedestrian, […]
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No Charges in Fatal June Crash
The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office has opted not to pursue criminal charges against a 21-year-old woman who lost control of her truck on State Route 299 in June, killing a hitchhiker she’d picked up earlier in the day. The California Highway Patrol arrested Adryan Nicole Pollock, of Eureka, on June 16 at the scene […]
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CHP to Hand Off Fortuna Hit and Run Case to DA ‘Soon’
Two months after two 14-year-old girls were killed in a single-car hit and run crash in Fortuna, the California Highway Patrol is finalizing its report for the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office to weigh filing criminal charges in the case. Officer Cy May said the preliminary report is finished and currently being reviewed by CHP […]
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Attorneys: Fortuna Mom Standing by to Surrender in Fatal Hit and Run Case
Just hours after the California Highway Patrol sent out a press release asking for the public’s assistance in locating a Fortuna woman named a person of interest in last week’s hit and run crash that left two teenage girls dead — including her own daughter — her attorneys sent a letter to the CHP maintaining […]
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Teenage Girls Killed in Fortuna Hit and Run, Driver of Jeep Wrangler Wanted
The California Highway Patrol has issued an alert to be on the look out for a newer model light grey Jeep Wrangler that struck and killed two teenage girls in Fortuna last night. The girls were skateboarding northbound on the southbound lane of Eel River Drive, just south of Kenmar Road when they were struck […]
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Coroner IDs Motorcyclist Killed in Tuesday Crash
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed in a motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon on Alderpoint Road as 21-year-old Austin Brady Williams, of Eureka. Williams was traveling westbound on Alderpoint Road, according to the California Highway Patrol, when for unknown reasons he lost control of his Yamaha in a right-hand curve. Williams slid […]
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Hitchhiker Killed in Rollover Crash
A single car rollover crash on State Route 299 left an unidentified hitchhiker dead on Thursday and a 21-year-old Eureka woman jailed on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. According to the California Highway Patrol, Adrian Pollock was driving eastbound in her 2008 Dodge pickup with her two young children, her husband, a friend and a hitchhiker […]
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Identities Released in Fatal Weekend Crashes
The California Highway Patrol responded to a pair of fatal crashes over the weekend. The first occurred at 3:25 p.m. on Friday, when a 2000 Oldsmobile Alero driven by Lawrence Ramos Jr., 21, of Rocklin, was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 101 when he, for unknown reasons, drifted across the center divide and directly into […]
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UPDATE: Pedestrian Killed on Highway Identified
The man killed on U.S. Highway 101 near Herrick Avenue on April 16 has been identified as 27-year-old Latham Paul Daggett Greensfelder from the Petrolia area. His next of kin has been notified, according to the coroner’s office. Previously: Fingerprints of the man killed on U.S. Highway 101 did not turn up any results and […]