Two people were killed and a third airlifted to Santa Rosa after a violent collision on U.S. Highway 101 in Southern Humboldt today. According to a CHP release, a 2007 Honda Civic was traveling southbound at 11:44 a.m. when the driver lost control of the car for unknown reasons and crossed into the path of […]
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Fatal Crash on Myrtle Avenue
A 24-year-old Eureka man was killed today after his pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a tractor trailer, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash, which occurred just before noon on Myrtle Avenue north of Pigeon Point Drive, closed the road for more than two hours. The unidentified driver of […]
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Update: Man Killed in Single Car Crash Behind Costco ID’d
UPDATE: The coroner’s office has identified the man killed in last night’s Eureka crash as 22-year-old Humboldt County resident Kendall Schroeder. PREVIOUS: The Eureka Police Department responded to a single car crash on Railroad Avenue behind Costco just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, where the vehicle’s only occupant was pronounced dead at the scene. The […]
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Two Killed, Three Seriously Hurt in 101 Crash at Weott
Two women from Pennsylvania were killed and several passengers — including two teenagers — received major injuries in a single car accident on southbound U.S. Highway 101 near Weott this morning. The California Highway Patrol reports that, for unknown reasons, the 2004 Lincoln they were riding in went down the embankment near the town’s off-ramp […]
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No Charges in Fatal June Crash
The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office has opted not to pursue criminal charges against a 21-year-old woman who lost control of her truck on State Route 299 in June, killing a hitchhiker she’d picked up earlier in the day. The California Highway Patrol arrested Adryan Nicole Pollock, of Eureka, on June 16 at the scene […]