Humboldt Bay Fire is urging drivers to take extra caution when driving during rainy weather conditions as the fire department responded to another call of extrication from a vehicle collision on E Street and Henderson Center. The fire crew was able to extricate the drivers and one passenger quickly. One driver was taken to the […]
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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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Man Killed in Avenue of the Giants Crash
A man was killed this morning on Avenue of the Giants when his Toyota 4Runner veered off the road, down an embankment and collided with multiple trees. The accident remains under investigation but the California Highway Patrol reports that at about 10:20 a.m. the man was traveling north on Avenue of the Giants when, for […]
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First Fatal Car Crash of Year Suspected to Be DUI
A 52-year old Eureka man was Humboldt’s first road death of 2017. The California Highway Patrol reports that at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1 the man, who has not been named, rolled a GMC Sierra off Mountain View Road near Kneeland. He was ejected and fatally injured; his passenger, also injured, walked several miles […]
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Former McKinleyville High School Wrestler Dies in Highway Accident
A 20-year old former McKinleyville High School Panther has died from injuries sustained in a traffic accident east of Titlow Hill Road. Ramiro Melecio, who also studied at College of the Redwoods, was driving east on State Route 299 yesterday afternoon when he failed to negotiate a left-hand turn, left the roadway and collided with […]
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Primary Collision Factor = Booger Flicking
Forget about text messaging, there’s a new vehicular menace on the streets of Eureka: booger flicking. Shortly before 9 a.m. on Sept. 21, a Eureka police officer was dispatched to Fairfield Street, where a vehicle had crashed into a parked car. From EPD’s collision report (which, may be the best ever written): “(Driver-1) stated that […]
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Caltrans Worker Hospitalized
A Caltrans worker is in intensive care in a Sonoma County hospital after being hit by a car in McKinleyville yesterday. According to a Caltrans press release, Equipment Operator Edward Holgersen was flagging at the Murray Road overcross at U.S. Highway 101. Holgersen, a father of four, is in stable condition. Drive safe, folks.