A teenage pedestrian was killed last night in McKinleyville when an allegedly drunk driver hit her shortly after 8 p.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, the girl was was northbound on the east shoulder of Central Avenue, north of Anna Sparks Way, when James Arthur Merrick, of McKinleyville, allowed his 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 […]
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McKinleyville Man Killed in Morning Crash
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a single car crash that left a pedestrian dead in McKinleyville before dawn today. According to the CHP, Kevin Leigh Patton, 48, of McKinleyville, was travelling about 30 miles per hour westbound on Airport Road at about 5:10 a.m. in his 2005 Chevrolet Silverado. For unknown reasons, a pedestrian, […]
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UPDATE: Court Document Indicates Kitchen was ‘Extremely Intoxicated’
2nd UPDATE: Marcia “Marci” Kitchen pleaded not guilty to both charges facing her this afternoon and denied all special allegations during a brief arraignment. She’s next scheduled to appear in court Sept. 29, with a hearing set Oct. 6 to determine if there is enough evidence to hold her to stand trial in the case. […]
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Pedestrian Killed in Alleged DUI Crash
A 24-year-old Arcata man is behind bars after an alleged DUI accident left a pedestrian dead yesterday evening. According to Arcata police, officers responded to a report of the crash around 7:15 p.m. and arrived at 14th and H streets to find a 55-year-old man dying in the street. The vehicle allegedly involved in the […]
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Attorneys: Fortuna Mom Standing by to Surrender in Fatal Hit and Run Case
Just hours after the California Highway Patrol sent out a press release asking for the public’s assistance in locating a Fortuna woman named a person of interest in last week’s hit and run crash that left two teenage girls dead — including her own daughter — her attorneys sent a letter to the CHP maintaining […]
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UPDATE: CHP Seeking Persons of Interest in Fortuna Hit and Run
The California Highway Patrol has released the names of two persons of interest in last week’s fatal hit-and-run. Marcia Maelinda Kitchen, mother of one of the deceased, and Joshua Wren Pearlston, her boyfriend, are both being sought for questioning. Kitchen is the registered owner of the Jeep involved in the collision. The CHP say they […]
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Bayside Man Killed in Early Morning Crash
A 37-year-old Bayside man was killed early this morning in a single car accident in McKinleyville. Dahmay Shiday was driving his gray 2006 Subaru westbound on Murray Road in McKinleyville at about 2 a.m. at a high rate of speed when he attempted to turn right onto the northbound U.S. Highway 101 on-ramp and lost […]
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Hitchhiker Killed in Rollover Crash
A single car rollover crash on State Route 299 left an unidentified hitchhiker dead on Thursday and a 21-year-old Eureka woman jailed on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. According to the California Highway Patrol, Adrian Pollock was driving eastbound in her 2008 Dodge pickup with her two young children, her husband, a friend and a hitchhiker […]
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County Settles Wrongful Death Suit
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved a settlement agreement this week that includes the payout of $250,000 stemming from a fatal car accident on Avenue of the Giants involving a county employee. On Jan. 3, 2014 county employee Keith Shuetzle was driving a Humboldt County Roads division truck southbound on Avenue of the Giants […]
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Investigation Continues into Fatal Fall
A 26-year-old tree trimmer fell 55 feet to his death last week while clearing storm-damaged limbs along some Pacific Gas & Electric lines near Weitchpec, north of Hoopa. Humboldt County Deputy Coroner Trevor Enright said investigators from a number of entities are still working to figure out exactly what caused Kenneth Arlen Buck Williams, of […]
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Hoopa Man Dies After Weekend Crash
An 82-year-old Hoopa man injured in a Sunday car crash has died, the California Highway Patrol announced today. Christopher F. Colgrove reportedly drove his Lexus sedan head-on into an oncoming pickup truck on State Route 299, east of East Fork Bridge, shortly before noon Sunday. No update was provided as to the condition of the […]
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UPDATE: Names of Firefighters Killed in Crash Released
From the California Highway Patrol: UPDATE: The two U.S. Forest Service firefighters that died in this traffic collision have been identified as 29 year old Dale Alexander Mendes of Willow Creek (Driver) and 19 year old Jason Fritz Price, Jr. of Weitchpec (Right front passenger). Previously: The firefighters ¬— whose names haven’t been released — […]