[UPDATE 10:50 p.m.] Vehicle 50 Feet Over a Steep Embankment

Traffic Collision Car AccidentA vehicle went over the bank on Ridgewood Drive near the Westgate Extension a few minutes before 10 p.m. and stopped about 50 feet over the edge, according to the California Highway Patrol Incident Information Page.

A Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy is on scene. Fire and medical have been asked to respond.

UPDATE 10:12 p.m.: The passenger is out of the vehicle uninjured but the driver has not yet been located.

UPDATE 10:14 p.m.: The driver possibly ejected from the vehicle and law enforcement is searching the area.

UPDATE 10:36 p.m.: The incident commander told the dispatch that they believe they’ve located the missing person with thermal imaging.

UPDATE 10:37 p.m.: “We’ve made patient contact,” reports the incident commander.

UPDATE 10:45 p.m.: “Negative injuries…in custody of the CHP,” said the incident commander.

UPDATE 10:50 p.m.: The vehicle is a white Toyota Camry and is quite a ways down in the brush.

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Me
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Me
7 years ago

Maybe the county will fix that bad stretch of road now!

Just me
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7 years ago
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How about people start driving right on that road . That road is not at fault

Me
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Me
7 years ago
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Granted, there are bad drivers there, but the road is in pretty rough shape. You HAVE driven it, right?

Mike
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Mike
7 years ago
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Is it the icy stretch (when freezing) that’s off camber and has groved pavement? Between walnut and grant school area? Or am I thinking of someplace else?

G-MAS
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G-MAS
7 years ago

My girlfriends husband was killed their. I hope they find the driver ok. That road can be very slick in the winter. Drove my granddaughter every morning to school on that road.

Green Death
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Green Death
7 years ago

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

That person
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That person
7 years ago

Well hopefully the driver ok so he can spend his time in jail it was a stolen car

Ice
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Ice
7 years ago

“In custody of CHP”… Sounds like driver tried to hide andvwas arresred.?

G-MAS
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G-MAS
7 years ago

Love that thermal imaging!!And Happy st. PADDY’S DAY to you too!🍀

gunther
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gunther
7 years ago

I live right above it. I wondered what was going on. Thanks Kym. The towing company has made a lot of money there over the years.

Food for thought
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Food for thought
7 years ago

Thermal imaging for a car wreck yet they search and search for missing persons for days and days on foot? Is this a new item just now being used ?

JoeSchmoe
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7 years ago

That road is not dangerous…..you would have to be speeding at a pretty good clip to loose control….or texting, or drunk! Def not roads fault….