Crash This Morning Leaves Passenger Dead

CHP Feature FatalityPress release from California Highway Patrol:

On 10-6-2018, at approximately 550 AM, 63 year old Mark Lindley of Eureka was driving his 1999 Ford F350 east on SR-299, west of Willow Creek, when he lost control on a wet roadway. The pickup traveled into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a 2016 Dodge Caravan, driven by 47 year old Kevin McConnell of Hoopa. Emergency personnel responded to the scene and located a deceased passenger in the van. McConnell, as well as another passenger in the van, 77 year old Gwendolyn Vanpelt of Hoopa, suffered serious injuries and were transported to St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka. Mr. Lindley and his passenger, 48 year old Jason Lawrence of Bayside, were uninjured.

Identification of the deceased passenger is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The California Highway Patrol Humboldt Area is investigating this collision and impairment is not considered to have been a factor.

Please allow additional travel time for trips. Please be aware that due to recent fires, rocks and other debris may suddenly appear in the roadway. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Road Conditions Hotline is always available for motorists to check the status of road conditions before they travel. Call 1-800-427-ROAD (1-800-427-7623) to check those conditions.

Willow Creek, Salyer, and Blue Lake Fire all responded,according to Nathan Falk of Willow Creek Fire.

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Sparkle Mahn
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5 years ago

Rest in Peace.

lori
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lori
5 years ago

Emergency personnel responded to the scene and located a deceased passenger in the van. McConnell, as well as another passenger in the van, 77 year old Gwendolyn Vanpelt of Hoopa, suffered serious injuries and were transported to St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka. Mr. Lindley and his passenger, 48 year old Jason Lawrence of Bayside, were uninjured.

Identification of the deceased passenger is being withheld pending notification of next of kin

I copied and pasted what I found to be a double standard they claim to with hold the name but printed the passenger any way

Tall Trees
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Tall Trees
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Headline is wrong, Kym:
The passenger is 77 years old. She survived. The other passenger who died is not given an age. I think that’s what they meant. LOCO has a photo image of chp sheet.

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5 years ago
Reply to  Tall Trees

Yes. I think a simple mistake unless the deceased turns out to be a 77 year old woman too. Nothing deliberate or disrespectful.

Just me
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Just me
5 years ago
Reply to  Tall Trees

The Facebook headline is wrong

Hurt
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Hurt
5 years ago

How rude someone’s family passed and you all are arguing over this

The rude police is here
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The rude police is here
5 years ago
Reply to  Hurt

Not going to make him/her any more dead by helping fix a typo for clarity.

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5 years ago

My condolences to both the family of the deceased and to Mr. McConnell and Ms. Van Pelt. It seems so arbitrary to be injured out of the blue when doing nothing out of the ordinary. I hope you both recover soon.

Hoopa
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5 years ago

Old Women Dead Totally disrespectful. This is our aunt your talking about. Fatal crash could of been more decent.