The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal collision in the southbound No. 2 lane of U.S. Highway 101 near Myers Flat on Saturday afternoon. According to a CHP release, a Toyota 4Runner heading northbound just before 4 p.m., driven by Beatriz Diaz-Rodriguez, struck a Subaru Impreza driven by Zora Culps head-on. “For reasons still […]
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Pedestrian Killed in Hoopa Crash
A man died Sunday after being struck by a vehicle driving south near Airport Road in Hoopa. According to the California Highway Patrol’s preliminary investigation, Virgil McLaughlin Jr., 29 of Hoopa was walking in an unknown direction on Tish Tang Road near Airport Road when a 2019 Nissan Altima driven by Jerome Pollara hit him. […]
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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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UPDATE: Fortuna Man Suffers Major Injuries in Crash
UPDATE: A 59-year-old Fortuna man suffered major injuries Tuesday when for unknown reasons the tow truck he was driving drifted off State Route 36 east of Riverside Park Drive and hit a tree, the CHP reports. The driver was take to St. Joseph Hospital for treatment. The crash remains under investigation and anyone with information […]
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Crash Blocks Intersection of Seventh and E Street
About 3:50 p.m., a collision occurred at the intersection of 7th and E in Eureka. Multiple eyewitnesses are saying the white car ran the red light. E is blocked at 6 and 8th.
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Update: One Fatality in Head-On Collision in Cutten
California Highway Patrol responded to a fatal head-on collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Cutten today. In their investigation, CHP learned that a 2007 Kymco Motorcycle, being driven by 29-year-old Trista Poletski of Eureka, had been traveling northbound on Walnut Drive, south of Greenbriar Lane in Cutten when the motorcycle traveled into the […]
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Injury Traffic Collision Involving HCSO Patrol Vehicle
Earlier this morning the Eureka Police Department responded to an injury traffic collision involving a Humboldt County Sherrif’s Office patrol car and a pedestrian. According to the release, the HCSO patrol car was traveling eastbound on Fifth Street when it struck the 44-year old Eureka resident on the roadway. The Eureka man suffered moderate injuries […]
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CHP Identifies Victims of Wednesday’s Fatal Collision
The California Highway Patrol has identified the two victims of Wednesday’s fatal collision on State Route 255 off the Samoa Bridge as 52-year-old Eureka resident William Bryant Montgomery and 42-year-old Arcata resident James Rowland. Read the full update below. UPDATE: 08-07-2020 The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the victims of Wednesday’s collision and notification has […]
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Hit and Run on Avenue of the Giants, CHP Asking for Help Identifying Driver
The California Highway Patrol in Garberville is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the driver of a 2011 GMC pickup that crashed into a car and a power pole and later fled the scene. According to the report, around 2 a.m. a 2011 GMC pick up truck that was traveling north on Avenue of […]
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Traffic Backing Up on 299 After Head-On Crash
A head-on crash on Hwy 299 near Trinity Dam Blvd at approximately 4:41 p.m. blocked the entire road for about 40 minutes, according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page. According to Jarron Courville, who said he was in the sixth car on the scene, “One lady was trapped in the SUV, jaws of life […]
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HSU Student Killed in Holiday Weekend Crash
A 19-year-old Humboldt State student was killed Nov. 30 when the 1996 Honda Civic he was driving westbound on State Route 20 in the Clearlake area lost traction on the wet roadway. According to the California Highway Patrol, the car crossed over the double yellow lines and into the eastbound lane, colliding head on 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 […]