[Update] Two Vehicle Collision on Myrtle Avenue in Eureka

A multiple car traffic collision has occurred near Kool Beanz just after 10 a.m. on November 11.

Scanner traffic indicates three to four two vehicles were involved with at least one person needing medical attention.

Once on scene, City Ambulance reported that two vehicles were on the sidewalk.

Caltrans QuickMap is showing that traffic is snarled. Please avoid the area if possible.

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 10:27 a.m.: Our reporter, Ryan Hutson is on the scene of the accident. She reports, “There’s a maroon Ford explore with a pickup truck bed, towing a trailer that was involved in the crash as well as a second SUV style vehicle and traffic is impacted between the Shell station and older bay Alder Bay at Sunny Lane.”

One woman holding a baby was being checked out by EMT with City Ambulance.

Accident on Myrtle [Photo by Ryan Hutson]

Update 10:55 a.m.: Officer T. Moore of the Eureka Police Department confirms that only two vehicles were involved in the collision. There were two children in one of the vehicles involved but none of the children were injured in the accident. Two patients are being treated by the paramedics.

Damaged black Chevy Tahoe involved in a traffic collision [Photo by Ryan Hutson]

Lost tire from a maroon Ford Explorer pickup pulling a trailer [Photo by Ryan Hutson]