[UPDATE 10:50 p.m.] Vehicle 50 Feet Over a Steep Embankment
A 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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Maybe the county will fix that bad stretch of road now!
How about people start driving right on that road . That road is not at fault
Granted, there are bad drivers there, but the road is in pretty rough shape. You HAVE driven it, right?
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?
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.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!
Well hopefully the driver ok so he can spend his time in jail it was a stolen car
“In custody of CHP”… Sounds like driver tried to hide andvwas arresred.?
Love that thermal imaging!!And Happy st. PADDY’S DAY to you too!🍀
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.
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 ?
I’m curious, too. I’ll try to find out.
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….