A truck driver was killed yesterday morning when her lumber truck veered off U.S. Highway 101 near Garberville. The cause of the crash remains under investigation but CHP reports a trucker driving a 2010 Kenworth semi truck hauling lumber on a flatbed trailer traveling south on U.S. Highway 101 veered off the west side of […]
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Two Killed in Crash on State Route 299
Two people were killed in a head-on collision yesterday morning on State Route 299 west of Willow Creek. CHP responded at 11:45 a.m. to a report that a Mazda Sedan traveling eastbound on State Route 299 at an unsafe speed for wet roadway conditions had lost control and driven into the westbound lane, where it […]
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Pedestrian Killed in Orleans Hit and Run
A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash on State Route 96 in Orleans shortly before 8 p.m. yesterday. According to the California Highway Patrol, the pedestrian — whose identity is being withheld until family can be notified — was reportedly walking in the middle of the roadway when hit by a black Toyota pickup […]
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UPDATE: Fatal Motorcycle Crash on State Route 36
UPDATE: The California Highway Patrol has identified the man found dead this morning after a motorcycle crash on State Route 36 as 25-year-old Steven Forrest Johnson, of Loleta, who had been reported missing to the Rio Dell Police Department on Saturday evening. PREVIOUSLY: The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash off State […]
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UPDATE: Highway 101 Open to Controlled Traffic After Crash
UPDATE: U.S. Highway 101 is now open to one-way controlled traffic in both directions north of Willits after a fatal crash this afternoon. PREVIOUSLY: U.S. Highway 101 is closed in both directions between Willits and Laytonville, after a fatal, head-on collision shortly after noon today. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Jason Taylor, a black […]
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UPDATE: EPD Recommends Manslaughter Charge in Fatal Hit and Run
UPDATE: Eureka Police Det. Ricahrd Bise tells the Journal that the report he forwarded to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office in the case recommends charges of vehicular manslaughter and hit and run. Bise, the lead investigator in the Dec. 13 hit and run crash that killed 29-year-old Michael Kenneth Pohl, declined to discuss how […]
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Fatal Single-Car Crash Near Benbow
A 63-year-old man was killed last night when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree on U.S. Highway 101 near Benbow. According to the California Highway Patrol, the man — whose identity isn’t being released until his family can be notified of his death — was traveling southbound shortly before 9 […]
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UPDATED: 101 Open After Pedestrian Fatality That Snarled Morning Commute
FIFTH UPDATE: A man was killed this morning on U.S. Highway 101 after being hit by a car in one of the northbound lanes just north of Humboldt Hill around 6:30 a.m. His name is not being released pending notification of next of kin, a CHP release states. According to the release, a 31-year-old Eureka […]
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Orick Woman Killed in Big Lagoon Crash
A 56-year-old Orick woman was killed this afternoon when an SUV she was traveling in veered off U.S. Highway 101 north of Big Lagoon and overturned several times near the water’s edge, causing her to be ejected from the vehicle. According to the California Highway Patrol, a 26-year-old woman, Tina Josephine Siders, and her 1-year-old […]
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Fatal Single-Car Crash Near Alderpoint Kills One
The Garberville office of the Highway Patrol reports that in the early morning hours of July 1, a 47-year old man from Olympia, Washington, let his westbound vehicle leave Alderpoint Road and collided with a tree. The man was driving a 1970 Chevrolet C50 box truck. The wreck was not discovered until the mid-morning, Cal-Fire […]
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Pedestrian Killed in Private Driveway Accident
A pedestrian was killed in Bayside on Friday evening when she reportedly tried to grab onto a pickup truck on a private driveway. The California Highway Patrol is withholding the identity of the 5o-year-old Bayside woman was was killed until her family can be notified. According to the CHP, a 53-year-old Bayside man was driving […]
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91 Year Old Killed in Arcata Dog Attack
A 91-year-old man was killed in a dog attack in Arcata on June 25, according to the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office. According to a press release, Donald Steele sustained fatal injuries consistent with a dog attack. His manner of death has been deemed “accidental.” The dog that allegedly attacked Steele was taken into the custody […]