The California Highway Patrol has identified the driver killed in a single-car crash early Friday morning on U.S. Highway 101 in Arcata as Makayla Bernard, 21, of Blue Lake. According to the CHP, Bernard was driving an SUV southbound near West End Road shortly before 6 a.m. when, for unknown reasons, suddenly went off the […]
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ATV Crash Kills 76 Year Old Near Alderpoint
A 76-year-old man was killed on private property in the Alderpoint area Thursday after being ejected from a Polaris Ranger around 1:20 p.m. when it overturned down embankment and landed on them. The individual, who was driving the ATV-like vehicle, died at the scene, according to the California Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident. […]
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CHP Investigating Suspicious Death on 299
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a man found on State Route 299 near North Bank Road yesterday morning. Officers were dispatched after report at 11:53 a.m. that someone had found a possibly dead man and arrived to find a deceased adult male who appeared to have sustained fatal injuries in a […]
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Laytonville Resident Killed in 101 Crash
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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Arcata Investigating Fatal Hit and Run
The Arcata Police Department is looking for anyone who may have witnessed a fatal hit and run crash before dawn this morning on Valley West Boulevard. According to a press release, APD received a 911 call at 5:53 a.m. advising a pedestrian was down in the roadway in the 500 block of Valley West Boulevard. […]
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Fatal Fire North of Eureka
Humboldt Bay Fire found the body of a dead man at a residential structure fire in the 5100 block of Woodland Way, a rural area off Myrtle Avenue north of Eureka, yesterday afternoon. According to a press release, the department was dispatched to a report of a structure fire at about 2:15 p.m. and responded […]
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Bicyclist Killed in Crash
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash yesterday afternoon on Herrick Avenue that killed a bicyclist. According to CHP, the cyclist — whose identity is not being released until their family can be notified — was riding northbound on Elk River Road shortly before 5 p.m. when, for reasons yet to be determined, they […]
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CHP Investigating Fatal Crash Near Woodley Island
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal head-on crash on State Route 255 near Woodley Island last night. Dwayne Faughn, 49, of Samoa, died at the scene of the crash, according to CHP, after the 2000 Lexus he was driving northbound collided head on with a 2020 Jeep for unknown reasons. The crash sent […]
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Pedestrian Struck on 101 Identified
The CHP today identified the pedestrian killed just after 2 a.m. Monday after being hit by a car while walking in the lanes of U.S. Highway 101 north of Fernbridge as Greg Campbell. He was 50. Campbell, a resident of Sausalito, died at the scene. Impairment by the driver is not considered to be a […]
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Man in His 30s Killed in UTV Crash
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a 4-wheeler crash in Southern Humboldt that left a man in his mid-30s dead yesterday evening. According to a press release, the man was driving a side-by-side UTV at around 7 p.m. on a dirt road on private property near Island Mountain Road when he made an unsafe turn, […]
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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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Police Make DUI Arrest After Fatal Crash
The California Highway Patrol has arrested a 31-year-old on suspicion of felony driving under the influence after a fatal head-on collision on State Route 36 Saturday left a 61-year-old Blocksburg man dead, according to a press release. Police report that Andrew Harmon was driving a Dodge 3500 eastbound on State Route 36 near mile post […]