The three-year-old boy and his mother that have been missing since the car she was driving crashed into a tree about noon on November 30 have been located, according to a friend of the family. According to scanner traffic, Leggett Fire was dispatched to the scene about 10:50 a.m. after Trinity Bray and her three-year-old […]
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Mother and Child Still Missing After Crash North of Leggett
A mother and child are still missing after a crash north of Leggett 24 hours ago. The woman, Trinity Bray, was driving a vehicle that struck a tree south of Confusion Hill just before noon at mile marker 98.3. An adult male passenger received major injuries. The 34-year-old McKinleyville woman and her 3-year-old child, Anthony, […]
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Girl Suffers Major Injuries in McKinleyville Crash
An 8-year-old girl was flown out the area for treatment after a head-on crash around 6: 45 p.m. yesterday on Sutter Road in McKinleyville and a 29-year-old Santa Barbara man was arrested on suspicion of DUI, according to the CHP. A new release states William Cromwell was driving westbound while approaching Weirup Lane when he […]
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EPD Officer Flown Out of Area for Treatment After Crash
A man on active parole out Bakersfield was arrested today following a high speed chase on U.S. Highway 101 after fleeing Eureka Police Department officers who had responded to reports of a man assaulting a woman at a hotel on the 800 block of West Wabash Avenue. The initial pursuit down Broadway just before 10 […]
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UPDATING: Suspect in Custody After High Speed Chase on 101
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning’s high speed pursuit on U.S. Highway 101, which started in Eureka and involved a crash that injured two, including an officer, reached 120 mph at points. The sheriff’s office reports the suspect was a wanted felon who was taken into custody after driving over a spike […]
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Crash at Henderson and H Street in Eureka
A multi-car collision happened about 11:10 a.m. at the intersection of Henderson and H Streets in Eureka. One woman has facial injuries. An ambulance is responding to a Code 3 (with lights and siren). H is closed at Henderson. UPDATE 11:50 a.m.: Video from Melinda Riley According to our reporter Mark McKenna who spoke to […]
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Coroner Called to Eureka Crash Scene
A bicyclist was reportedly killed in a crash on Broadway at West Wabash in Eureka this morning, according to reports over the scanner. The bicyclist collided with a white van at about 10:45 a.m. The victim was partially under the vehicle when the first officer arrived on scene, according to the officer’s report over the […]
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Head-on Crash on Samoa Bridge
Humboldt Bay Battalion Chief Chris Emmons said four patients were taken to the hospital with moderate and major injuries after a Dodge truck and a SUV collided head on while crossing the Samoa Bridge just before 4 p.m. The road was temporarily closed in both directions but one lane is now open and both will […]
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UPDATE: Cyclist Struck Apparently Swerved into Car’s Path, EPD Reports
UPDATE: The Eureka Police Department reports an initial investigation and witness statements indicate a bicyclist killed late last night was hit after swerving directly into front of a car. The Oct. 1 accident occurred just after 11 p.m. on the 2400 block of Broadway. The name of the person who died is not being released […]
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West Harris Closed at Broadway
About 7:50 p.m., a vehicle struck a pole on West Harris in Eureka, causing live wires to drop into the roadway. Eureka Police have closed the West Harris ramp off of Broadway. Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
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Police Investigating Fatal Single Car Crash in Eureka
There was a fatal crash on Herrick Avenue west of the Eureka Municipal Golf Course this morning when a Jeep struck a parked Dodge Ram pickup truck. Officers investigating the crash don’t yet know what time it occurred, according to Sgt. Mike Campbell with the California Highway Patrol. Cambell said the victim was driving eastbound […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating Suspicious Death
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death after a man’s body was found yesterday by emergency personnel responding to vehicle in the Klamath River. According to a news release, the man’s body was found 400 feet down an embankment off State Route 96 and retrieved that evening. Few other details were immediately […]