Sep 5, 2017

Traffic collision behind Costco; fatal; one victim

Confirmed traffic collision; fatal; one victim. Single vehicle and a parked big  rig trailer involved. This is an active scene and investigation is ongoing. Behind Costco.

Update:

Following the notification of the next of kin by the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office, the deceased has been identified as 22 year old Humboldt County resident, Kendall Schroeder.



EPD Press Release:

On September 5, 2017 at about 8:47 p.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to Railroad Avenue just north of W. Wabash Avenue for the report of a traffic collision with a possible fatality.  

Officers arrived on scene and found that a red Toyota pickup had collided with a parked flatbed semi-truck trailer.  The pickup had come to rest under the flatbed trailer, causing extensive damage. 

A single male occupant of the Toyota suffered major head trauma and was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency personnel.

2 comments:

  1. Any description of the vehical other than big rig trailer? Besides speed or being crushed hard to imagine this an area for fatal collisions

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  2. Hard to imagine a high speed fatal crash in that area?? Cara Banducci.

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