Vehicle Into Eel River; Officials Concerned About a Possible Fuel Spill
Stock photo by Oliver Cory
About 7:35 p.m., reports of a traffic accident south of Phillipsville came into the Emergency Call Center. A vehicle had reportedly ran off the road at mile marker 1.15 on the Avenue of the Giants and into the river. However, by about 8:30 p.m., information became clear that the driver had purposefully driven their vehicle into the South Fork of the Eel River there and gotten stuck.
According to the Governor’s Office Emergency Services Hazardous Materials Spill Report, “A 2000 Toyota Tacoma was found by CHP in the river, driver was most likely driving through the river when the vehicle got stuck and sank. CHP notified CDFW regarding this incident. [The person reporting this] will coordinate the recovery with the local CDFW Officer. Driver cannot be located at this time.”
Officials are concerned that the fuel in the truck will contaminate the waterway.
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Dumbass! 🤬
EXACTLY !!
Tried to get DFW to stop people from driving through the fish eggs in the river.They said they didnt have the funds anymore.So it’s double dumass.
Good for you! Sure don’t want to see any squawfish eggs damaged!
Fish aren’t spawing currently. That activity happens when water is at its highest. You libs base your “facts” on opinions when science easily disputes your ignorance.
Pull your head out dude. I’m as far from liberal as you can get, didn’t state any facts and you just showed your complete ignorance of the health of the eel!
I believe he meant to respond to tanoak
Now they just need to go sit in Fortuna and patrol the riverbed there.
Everyone is so negative, it was obviously stolen and the driver is unknown. He went for help to return the truck because he felt so bad.
Right, & then there’s the story of Cinderella, it’s also an excellent Faery Tale!!!
Why is it always a Tacoma?!
Because the sohum dummies prefer them. They like a truck that gets worse mileage than a diesel while simultaneously hauling less material! Peak lib logic…
I’ve yet to meet a single one of them that’s liberal.
That’s just plain stupid
My 99 Tacoma gets 20 mpg even when I’m driving like a jack ass.
They’re smuggled up from Mexico and then sold by dealers.
Actually I’ve heard there’s a strong market for the late 90s v6s down in Mexico. More Tacos move South than otherwise.
..and most of those Toyotas were made in Georgia. Most of your Ford’s are “smuggled” up here after getting assembled in maquiladoras. Ford Mustang is Puro Mexico.
Well…. since the normal mode of operation in humboldt is to flee the scene, the driver probably swam ( or waded) away from the area. Possibly the driver submerged and got away by using a bong to breathe thru instead of a reed.
LOL I’m dying… using the bong to breath 🤣
Come on if that killed fish there’d be none left, o wait
Believe it’s a thousand dollar fine. Also, what an idiot!
Does anybody else remember when the Greyhound went off the avenue and into the river there? Slagle and Van Meter pulled it out with Van Meter’s Cat. The interesting thing was the bus went down the rip rap and ended up on its wheels in the middle of the south fork.
Yes
Is it out yet ?
That river is DOA anyways.. maybe the gas and oil from the vehicle will kill off some of the cyanobacteria. I can’t believe people swim and recreate in that sewer pipe of a river. RIP Eel River
Aww…but Northern Nights people will be clogging it up soon with their wonderful “celebration of life”. Plastic and crap and drool to kill anything still left…
The Dipshit that drove that truck into the river was not supposed to be driving it and left it for the owner to deal with. The driver is lucky the owner didn’t kick the living shit out of him. But maybe he should!