Video, more information on Facebook about 6th and H

 

Video from 6th and H is only on Facebook and other platforms. 

I updated live on Facebook. All that information was then added to the blog a few minutes later.

If you are wondering why H is blocked from 5th to 6th on H and there is a Eureka Police Department patrol vehicle not allowing traffic on 6th past I. 

12:56 ambulance left with younger white female. 

White Explorer being towed at 12:58. Eureka Police Commander Leonard LaFrance on scene.

I spoke with EPD Commander Leonard LaFrance. EPD is still investigating. DUI is not a factor. "It appears someone ran a red light." Multiple injuries. Juveniles are on scene. EPD is still getting statements and working on getting roadway cleared. 

I appreciate Commander LaFrance providing me with initial details and told him that I will wait for the press release.

EPD arrested Leisel Norman.

EPD press release (3:16 p.m):

On June 2, 2026, at approximately 1:20 p.m., the Patrol Commander with the Eureka Police Department (EPD) had left the scene of an injury traffic collision at Sixth and H Streets when he observed a silver Mazda hatchback driving at a high rate of speed on the 1400 block of I Street. The Mazda made several unsafe lane changes and began traveling in the bicycle lane past vehicles for multiple blocks. The Mazda turned east on 7th Street and continued traveling at a high rate of speed while conducting unsafe lane changes.

The Commander and a Patrol Officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop; however, the driver was slow to yield and continued driving for several blocks before eventually stopping near the intersection of Fifth and S Streets.

The driver was identified as 41-year-old Liesel Norman of Eureka. Norman was taken into custody for reckless driving.

A record’s check revealed Norman is currently on probation. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, officers located suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine.

Norman was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges including reckless driving, possession of a controlled substance, possession of narcotics, and violation of probation.