After a 13-month investigation, the California Highway Patrol has determined a FedEx driver was at fault in the deadly bus crash that killed 10 people, including five high school students on their way to Humboldt State University’s Spring Preview event last April. The investigation found that the FedEx driver made an unsafe turning movement on […]
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UPDATED: CHP Investigating Possible Cop-Versus-Pedestrian Accident in Eureka
UPDATE: See the full press releases from the Eureka Police Department and the California Highway Patrol copied below this post. PREVIOUSLY: The California Highway Patrol is current investigating an incident in which a Eureka police officer may have run over a transient sleeping on the Balloon Track property, according to Eureka Police Capt. Steve Watson. […]
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UPDATED: Two Dead in Single Car Crash on 101
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the two people killed in yesterday’s single-car accident on U.S. Highway 101 north of Arcata as Stacey Kejar, 50, of McKinleyville, and Karen Brennan, 59, of Eureka. Meanwhile, the California Highway Patrol issued a press release stating that the driver, 57-year-old William Larry Morris, of Fortuna, who sustained […]
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Pedestrian Fatality on 101
A 30-year old man was killed this morning when he reportedly ran into an oncoming car on U.S. Highway 101 south of Eureka. The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the man as Aaron James Bramlett, of King Salmon. According to a California Highway Patrol press release, Bramlett was wearing dark clothing and walking northbound […]
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2nd UPDATE: CHP Shoots, Kills Suspect Near Willow Creek
Because of the officer-involved shooting that occurred early this morning, the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District will shutter all its schools tomorrow, according to Superintendent Jon Ray. “We’re closing because we’ve experienced a tragedy here in our little community, so it’s best for our families to be together,” Ray said, adding that the closure was […]
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UPDATE: Coroner Releases Names of Four Dead in State Route 36 crash
UPDATE FROM CHP: The four occupants that received fatal injuries are 40 year old Daniel Lentz Ole Morris (restrained in the driver seat), 33 year old Alisha Marie Summerfield (seated unrestrained in the right front passenger seat), 13 year old Judith Maxine Martin (seated unrestrained in the rear truck bed), and 20 year old Savanna […]
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UPDATED: Planning Commissioner Arrested on Suspicion of DUI
The California Highway Patrol issued a press release this morning providing some details of Saturday’s arrest of Humboldt County Planning Commissioner Noah Levy. See the full release following the original post below. Original Post: Humboldt County Planning Commissioner Noah Levy was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol in […]
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Father, Son Killed in Alleged Fortuna DUI
A 74-year-old man and his 53-year-old son were both killed Thursday night in a suspected DUI crash on Fortuna’s Drake Hill Road, the California Highway Patrol reported this morning. According to the CHP, Jacky Martin, 53, of San Francisco, was driving a 2004 Mini Cooper southbound on Ronald Avenue toward Drake Hill Road with his […]
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Coroner IDs 26-year-old Killed in 101 Crash
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the Arcata woman killed in a rollover crash north of Redcrest Saturday as 26-year-old Camille Louise Rand. The crash occurred at about 8:30 p.m. when Jonathan Rosales, 35, of Bayside, was driving his 2005 Dodge Ram pickup southbound on U.S. Highway 101, lost control of the truck, causing […]