[Update: 7:25 p.m.] FATAL: Motorcyclist Crashes on Alderpoint Road

CHP California Highway Patrol BlurAccording to LoCO’s CHP Watch, there was a fatal motorcycle accident on Alderpoint Road at around 3:15 p.m. today.

CHP’s incident report says the motorcyclist may have been hit by a car, causing it to crash into a tree. An air ambulance was requested, but the status of the incident has since been changed to fatal.

A tow truck was requested for a Jeep Wrangler as well as the motorcycle.

At this point, we don’t have a lot of information, but we’ll update when we hear more.

Update 7:25 p.m.: A reader who helped take the jeep off of the motorcyclist tells us there was no tree involved.

Update 6/30: Click here for a press release from the California Highway Patrol.

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Mogtx
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7 years ago

Is it just me ,but it seems to be a uptake on fate accident s latelly wonder iv.the person was impaired. Hope not , but condolences to the family

A.P. person
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A.P. person
7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

I drove by shortly after this happened to go to Garberville. There was no tree. The motorcycle was wasp heading towards Garberville going around a bend on the wrong side of the road, motorcycle was under the front end of a small pick up truck.

Eastside
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Eastside
7 years ago

I think it’s because people are driving like maniacs, AP road is one big accident waiting to happen. RIP and Condolences to the family. I’m not surprised this happened.

G-ma
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G-ma
7 years ago

Prayers to the family.so very sorry for your loss.please folks slow down on those back roads.

Mogtx
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7 years ago

Alderpoint Road ranks right up there with Highway 36 and neither one of them or any kind of joke they both can kill you real quick so it’s all you Parnelli Jones wanna be out there be careful

Eastside
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Eastside
7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

Yep

Huh ?
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Huh ?
7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

Don’t forget briceland rd out to the cove.
Idiots driving in the middle of the road because they have ego problems . I hate this time of year when the idiots return .

Eastside
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Eastside
7 years ago
Reply to  Huh ?

I agree.

A.P. person
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A.P. person
7 years ago
Reply to  Eastside

As the school bus driver for a.p. road ,I agreed.

VHDA
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VHDA
7 years ago
Reply to  Huh ?

Yes it’s like playing Russian Roulette! My friend was run off the road and still suffers neck pain and my daughter also was run off the road there.

Ernie Branscomb
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7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

Mogtx
You are showing your age. I am probably one of the few people who knows who Parnelli Jones was. He was a crazy go-fast race driver. It was a common expression a few years ago, when you were being a speedy driver. “Who do you think you are? Parnelli Jones?”.

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
7 years ago

I remeber, too.

Stewart Shaw
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Stewart Shaw
7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

Watch out for those pot growers driving. They cannot contact other drivers or connections. BAD.. They do not care.. Call Sheriff Dept or Local help.. Be Vigalant

Lost Croat Outburst
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Lost Croat Outburst
7 years ago

We’ll see what the final conclusions are. Some very crappy drivers out there, texting, Phoning, horsing around just like at home except it’s pedal to the metal as they careen down the road. Hard for some ‘cycle folks to to stay in their lane. I’m so free, man, I’m so friggin’ free, I’m so . . . . . Smash.

Mogtx
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7 years ago

It’s the many greed growers from out of country .try driving the
Old briceland Rd over the hill and down to the airport ya mean !!!!!! I think that road is so dangerous wish all the bullshitgarians up there would get a lil taste of it ,but so far so good . For them .

WTF
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WTF
7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

They are also pumping huge amounts of water out of redwood creek

Notbuyinit
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Notbuyinit
7 years ago
Reply to  WTF

From Alderpoint road while driving?

Stewart Shaw
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Stewart Shaw
7 years ago
Reply to  Notbuyinit

Pot growers. They like the location. They are young and get allot of money. Call the Sheriff Dept-CHP They are layz at time,but stay on it. The more calls the better. Time to take action.

Stewart Shaw
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Stewart Shaw
7 years ago
Reply to  WTF

Call Fishing and Game. Now or Sheriff Dept

Stewart Shaw
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Stewart Shaw
7 years ago
Reply to  WTF

Sheriff Dept/Fish and game also.. Enviromentalist if you can..

funnylucky
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funnylucky
7 years ago

Go back 30-40 years on all the roads mentioned and you would frequently be meeting a loaded log truck going one direction and an empty one the other…safely and with courtesy. So many folks in a hurry for nothing. Slow down,enjoy the scenery, and wave at the other guy like you have some human kindness. I’d like to have some bumper stickers made that say…leave your city driving in the city…lol.

Huh ?
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Huh ?
7 years ago
Reply to  funnylucky

I feel safer driving in the city , honestly .

Stewart Shaw
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Stewart Shaw
7 years ago
Reply to  funnylucky

The world gets in a rush. We all need to slow down and relax in our own way.. I served in the military for 22yrs. From Eureka. 2,300+ Days around the world. Learned allot. Still need to learn more. Life never ends. You should drive in Cyprus,France,England,Korea,Japan,Germany,Saudia Arabia, Dubia,and others. That is scary..

Katrina
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Katrina
7 years ago

Made me think of my dad, Johnny B, after reading the comments.
I always figured people drove in the middle of roads because they were afraid. It takes a confidant driver that understands how vehicles are designed to handle to be able to stay in the proper lane while going fast. But then, most of the roads in the Humboldt & trinity out-backs are just paved mule trails and not quite wide enough for most of the bigger rigs now on the road.

Georgie Sutherland
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7 years ago

Drive fast- die young – no kill others young!!!

Mogtx
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7 years ago

Ya Ernie my uncle was Wes Marshall I grew up on the flat born 1960 in Gerald Phelps hospital buy doctor Phelps ,and I know you must have known gene olsen I’m his son Marsha Swenson was my mom she passed away yr and a half ago. Luv your commen’s you hit it on the head on all the time. .you and I are OG native humboldt.

Stewart Shaw
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Stewart Shaw
7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

That is weird.. Stu

Bill
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Bill
7 years ago

was passed one day by a “growdozer” on road to Harris store, across double yellow on a curve because I was not driving fast enough!! He would have killed anybody coming the other way, his truck was huge,lifted, mag wheels, the works.

Sick young punks or older growers that don’t give a shit about anything but them, and making their cash.

Can't wait to move
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Can't wait to move
7 years ago

Typical sohum. This place is a joke.

👾
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👾
7 years ago

Love it or leave it!

pHoEnix
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pHoEnix
7 years ago

Alderpoint road is a motorcyclist’s dream. Winding, just enough up and down to give chances to shift gears, and amazingly beautiful views. It’s my favorite road in Hum Co. So awesome! And yes, were I on a bike and I CAN surely see what is coming, I would utilize the other side of the road to enhance my ride.
Unfortunately this young person only had 21 years to learn the limitations we must when seeking our thrills. Sad for him, his family and friends!

gustywind
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gustywind
7 years ago

People are quick to judge when someone is killed with a gun, crying out for more laws or more gun control. These same people will take a vehicle barreling down the road while texting or talking on their phones without a thought to how many innocent people they could kill with a much deadlier item: “the automobile…” Wise up….