[UPDATE 12:40 p.m.: No Injuries!] Vehicle Crashed Off Sprowl Creek Road Near Garberville

traffic accidentA vehicle with two occupants crashed off of the 2900 block of Sprowl Creek Road west of Benbow, according to a dispatcher speaking over the scanner. One patient is still trapped as of 10:25 a.m., according to emergency personnel on scene.

The vehicle is in the ravine about 50 feet down, according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page.

The Emergency Communications Center dispatched multiple departments including Garberville Fire, Redway Fire, Garberville Ambulance, and Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue.

Please remember that this story is unfolding. Information is being reported as we gather it. However, some of the information coming from witnesses and initial official reports could be wrong. We will do our best to get the facts but, in the case that something is inaccurate, we will update with correct information as soon as we can.

UPDATE 11:29 a.m.: A medical helicopter was requested. Both occupants are now out of the vehicle. The eastbound lane of Sprowl Creek is closed. A tow truck for a half ton vehicle was requested.

UPDATE 12:40 p.m.: The patient was able to be removed from the vehicle and they were determined to have NO injuries, according to CHP Officer Rick Fowler. Emergency personnel cancelled the medevac. “No one was injured,” Fowler said. “No one arrested…[But] one-way traffic control is in effect.”

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Ernie Branscomb
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2 years ago

To get there in a hurry, go to Benbow and turn West. Is there some kind of font or icon to designate foolish facetious sarcasm?

DawnI
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DawnI
2 years ago

really “west of Benbow” = Haha.
Might has well have said, “off the end of 18 runway at the GBV airport”. Just as apt a description of the location.

Knowledge
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Knowledge
2 years ago

Brings back memories.

Sprowl Creek I’m pretty sure can take you the back way to usal and benbow if you have a duck’s unlimited, GD, Mendez, Barnum, easement or key.

There was a floating bridge back there last I was there.

Captain Crunch
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Captain Crunch
2 years ago

Is it spelled Sprowel or Sprowl or Sproul, or all three ways?

Ernie Branscomb
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2 years ago
Reply to  Captain Crunch

Yes

Ernie Branscomb
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2 years ago

Actually, I would defer to David Heller on the Spelling. The Old Timers didn’t care much about spelling names. If it sounded right they went with it. I have seen Branscomb spelled many ways, and brothers in the same family spelled Branscomb differently.

David Heller
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David Heller
2 years ago

Two of the three Sproul brothers lived near Sproul Creek in January of 1861, when they were attacked with elk knives by local Native people, likely the Nahs-lin-che-keah tribelet(their name for Sproul Creek), for offering shelter to a known slaver who had recently pre-emptively killed some of their people. The rumor flew that the Sprouls had been killed, the attack contributed to Lt. Daniel D. Lynn of the 6th US Infantry to come south from Ft. Humbold with 30 men and camp on the east side of the South Fork, somewhere near Tooby Park, and the residence of T. Armstrong and Co. He established a Camp Armstrong and during his time there got a good taste of the caliber of men living on the frontier . For his report, and a more full view of these events, I defer to Ernie Branscomb: http://ernielb.blogspot.com/2009/08/soldiers-tale-of-eel-river.html

(ps. the Sproul name lives on the topographic map of the area)