[UPDATE 10:47 a.m.] Pickup Crashed Through Front of Fortuna Home

A truck crashed into a Fortuna home today.

A truck crashed into a Fortuna home today.[Crop of a Photo by Jay Tee]

A Fortuna home received an unexpected and unwelcome guest this morning when a silver Ford Ranger pickup crashed through the front of a house near the intersection of Redwood Way and Springville Avenue.

We’ve requested more information from Fortuna Police.

UPDATE 10:47 a.m.: According to Lt. Matt Eberhardt of the Fortuna Police, a male driver lost control of the pickup truck and it collided with the residence. “Fortunately, there were no injuries,” he said.

Alcohol or drugs do not appear to be a factor in the incident.

 

 

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Diesel dually
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Diesel dually
6 years ago

Yikes! This is happening a lot today!

Was there pot growing in the pickup?

Did the driver abandon the scene?

Snoozers
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Snoozers
6 years ago
Reply to  Diesel dually

“NO” to your second and third questions..(well your first statement really wasn’t a question was it)

Ben Round
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Ben Round
6 years ago

Dang! The driver juuuuuuusssst missed the rock barrier that was intended to prevent this type calamity. 😉

spankie
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spankie
6 years ago
Reply to  Ben Round

Bigger rocks maybe could of stopped him.

binbeareda4
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binbeareda4
6 years ago

let me in not by the hair on my chine chin chin then ill huff and puff and drive right on in.heres Johnie

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago
Reply to  binbeareda4

*chinny

Luke
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Luke
6 years ago

Just not enough rocks.

Ernestine
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Ernestine
6 years ago

The statistics have not changed. You simply now read about every single occurrence here on the rhbb. Nothing has changed except your awareness.

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago
Reply to  Ernestine

the stats have changed and they are dramatic. single car accidents are biggest change like this one. 10 hrs ago the Boston Globe ran an article how car accidents are up 46% since 2013. again it looks like a nation problem just like everything else.

Verily
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Verily
6 years ago
Reply to  local observer

CELL PHONES. PLAIN AND SIMPLE DISTRACTION. That is what has changed over past years. I am amazed at how casually people continue to use their phones while driving. People of all ages and types. Please ignore your phone while driving. Relax and enjoy the view.

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago
Reply to  Verily

talking on the car phone has been around since the late 80s. its the smart phone and the distraction of looking at the screen combined with emotional responses that social media provokes.

Lone ranger
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Lone ranger
6 years ago
Reply to  local observer

The biggest change is now you get a ticket for being on the cell phone, which wasn’t an issue for the first 15 yrs of driving and talking or texting, now everyone is trying to hide their phone down low so they don’t get a ticket ,but is even more distracting for the driver, the cell phone law did nothing but cause more issues, and raise a little cash for our politicians

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago
Reply to  Lone ranger

me and you make phone calls. everyone under 30 or maybe even 40 does not, they message each other amongst other things, which requires looking at the screen and taking your brain away from the raod. a huge difference. I still use the phone if needed and not concerned except for a ticket. I have a flip phone.

tim
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tim
6 years ago
Reply to  local observer

obviously you font know the facts just assumimg its cell phone related, in fact it was an elderly man thst lost control of his vehicle coming out of brookdale assisted living parking lot.

spankie
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spankie
6 years ago
Reply to  Ernestine

Certainly not your “awareness”
There are many fatalities everywhere.
Increasing exponentially.
[edit].

shak
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shak
6 years ago
meh...
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meh...
6 years ago

Isn’t that where the people who own Gallagher’s live? Maybe he wasn’t happy with his service…

Guest
Guest
6 years ago

There may be more awareness because of the media, but accidents rates have went up, I heard a CHP say that there had been 19 fatalities in the last 6 months. That’s not the norm.

shawn the fisherman
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shawn the fisherman
6 years ago

I know? Lets sit in one of those parklets in Eureka and just trust people not to kill us! Let Jesus take the wheel..

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
6 years ago

Imagine how LOUD that must’ve been! Hope the house can be salvaged but when a car goes through a wall they condemn the place and you have to start from scratch.

baffled
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baffled
6 years ago

Geez people! The driver was an older man who made a mistake. It was not drugs or cell phone or anything else you can fantasize about.

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago
Reply to  baffled

so it was dementia.

Snoozers
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Snoozers
6 years ago
Reply to  local observer

where did you read the word “dementia” in “baffled’s” post? Older can be anyone over 55 – just ask local shops that offer “senior discounts”…

G-MAS
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G-MAS
6 years ago

Was it caused by a cell phone,she wonders?

retired in Fort Bragg
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retired in Fort Bragg
6 years ago

This happened to the house across the street from us: a driver crashed into the front of the house, jolted the house off its foundation and destroyed the front porch. A year later, complicated repairs resisted by insurance company are still going on.

catlover69
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catlover69
6 years ago

I heard that 17 cats died during this crash!!!
And 2 baby donkeys

Witness
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Witness
6 years ago

It was an elderly man who made a terrible mistake. The poor man felt terrible and thankfully no one was hurt. I’m assuming he will appropriately lose his DL if he doesn’t choose do give it up on his own.