The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday identified the man killed in a crash on Beaver Slide Lane in Briceland as Whitethorn resident David Taylor. He was 84. According to a press release, Taylor was reported missing on Feb. 18 and was last seen on Shelter Cove Road nearly two weeks earlier. His body was […]
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High Crash Rate Prompts Wide-Reaching 101 Enforcement Campaign
U.S. Highway 101 will be getting some extra attention Thursday from the California Highway Patrol during an enforcement campaign spanning the northern reaches of the state to the Bay Area. A rash of serious injury and fatal crashes along the main artery in recent years prompted the operation, according to a CHP new release, with […]
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CHP Investigating Fatal Fernbridge Drive Crash as Possible DUI
The California Highway Patrol has arrested a 25-year-old woman after a fatal head-on collision on Fernbridge Drive at about 1:15 this morning. According the CHP, Tiannah Ruvalcaba, 25, of Phillipsville, was driving her 2006 Honda Civic northbound on Ferndbridge drive as a 1988 Ford Mustang approached heading southbound. “For unknown reasons, one of the vehicles […]
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UPDATE: Fatality in Broadway Collision Last Night
UPDATE from Eureka Police Department: “On December 7, 2020, an autopsy was performed on the 62-year-old female who was pronounced deceased after the December 2, 2020 vehicle collision at Broadway and West Wabash. Results of the autopsy determined that the female suffered a medical emergency that caused her death just prior to the collision. The […]
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Driver Needed Extrication After Rollover Crash on Broadway in Eureka
A two-vehicle collision on Fairfield at West Del Norte in Eureka, which occurred at approximately 3:15 p.m., left one driver trapped in a mini van. Smoke was coming from the driver’s vehicle when the first officer arrived. An extrication was needed. The patient was taken to the hospital. Fairfield is blocked at Broadway. West Del […]
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Crash by the Bayshore Mall
About 5:45 p.m., two vehicles collided at the Bayshore Mall. Southbound traffic is backed up from Truesdale to Vigo on Broadway with both lanes closed. But northbound traffic is open though slightly slowed. Southbound traffic is being diverted through the mall.
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Red Corvette Crashed on 101 by Fernbridge
At approximately 2:10 p.m., a passerby reported that a red Corvette had struck the embankment of northbound Hwy 101 near the Ferndale offramp. “The occupant appears injured,” the dispatcher said as he relayed information from the reporting person. Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available. […]
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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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H Street Closed South of Harris After Crash in Eureka
UPDATE 4:49 p.m.: According to a Humboldt Bay Fire official on the scene, they have a witness that said the Prius was driving east on Harris and ran the light and was hit by the truck towing a boat. The truck was headed south on H Street. The female driver of the Prius was transported […]
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Emergency Crews Search for Crash Site
UPDATE: The driver has reportedly self-extricated and has an injury to his arm. He has been transported to a local hospital for treatment. PREVIOUSLY: A multi-agency search is underway north of Fortuna to find the scene of a car crash, after a trapped driver called 911 from his cell phone this morning. Emergency personnel are […]
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Eureka Man Dies in Fatal High Speed Pursuit Near Red Bluff
Multiple news agencies are reporting that a Eureka man, Jacob Weber Gabriel, is dead after a high speed pursuit that began near State Route 36 in the Red Bluff area. Law enforcement had been on the lookout for the 2006 Infinity he was driving in connection with multiple armed robberies and an assault of a […]
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Vehicle Overturned on Highway 101 by Miranda
Traffic is temporarily being diverted off U.S. Highway 101 and across the Salmon Creek exit and onramp near Miranda after a black Nissan Rouge hit the guardrail and overturned about 8 a.m., according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page. An ambulance was called to the scene as an occupant had a head injury. There […]