After an autopsy and further investigation, officials have determined that an 18-year-old Eureka man found dead along U.S. Highway 101 on Aug. 1 suffered injuries “consistent with having been involved in a collision with a vehicle,” a CHP release states. Hunter Allen was found in the roadway south of the Humboldt Hill Road off-ramp around […]
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A Deadly Year in Humboldt: 2017 Marks Record for Road Deaths
The holiday weekend passed without a single motor vehicle death, a rarity for our often rainy and treacherous roads (the Arcata California Highway Patrol office did report nine DUI arrests and five total crashes). But Humboldt County still exceeds the national average on two tragic statistics: Motor vehicle deaths and accidental overdoses. As the Journal […]
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UPDATE: McKinleyville Wreck Brings Vehicle Fatality Toll Up to 17
UPDATE: The CHP announced that the vehicle found in the Trinity River did not have a body in it as previously believed. From the CHP: On 06/29/2017, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Humboldt Area continued our investigation into a traffic collision which resulted in a vehicle submerged within the Trinity River off of Highway 96. […]
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HSU Students in Fatal Sunday Car Crash Identified
The names of the three Humboldt State University students involved in a car crash on Sunday have been released. Anthropology major Robert Romeri was killed when his car struck a tree around 10 a.m. near Crescent City. His passengers, Alexis Galvan and Pearla Saole, were sent to Mercy Medical Center in Redding with injuries. From […]
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Orleans Woman First Road Death of 2016
A 24-year-old woman traveling on State Route 96 yesterday morning was the first road death of 2016. Drugs and alcohol are suspected to be a factor in the collision. Neither the woman nor the 2-year-old also in the car were restrained by seatbelts. The woman died as a result of her injuries; the infant was […]
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Names Released in Recent Road Deaths, Heavy Fog a Factor
Heavy fog is being blamed for the death of a 43-year old McKinleyville woman, Cassandra Rogers, who was crossing U.S. Highway 101 northbound on foot when she was struck by a vehicle driven by Dorvin Valgene Phillips, 80, also of McKinleyville. Rogers was wearing dark clothing and apparently went unseen by Phillips until it was […]
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Two Recent Vehicle Fatalities Bring Humboldt’s 2015 Road Deaths to 27
A fatal crash on Saturday and another yesterday morning bring the year’s total road deaths up to 27. As reported in our September cover story, Humboldt County has one of the highest rates of vehicle fatalities in the nation and this year is on pace to break previous records for road deaths. Saturday’s crash occurred as […]