Traffic Collision on West End Road
At 11 a.m. on December 8, emergency dispatch relayed the report of a traffic collision at West End Road at Alder Grove Road in Arcata near Highway 299.
The dispatcher stated this was a vehicle versus vehicle traffic collision. However, the CHP Traffic Incident Information page has this collision listed as a semi versus vehicle collision.
The original report stated a female occupant of one of the vehicles was trapped and unconscious. Subsequent scanner traffic indicated the female was conscious and breathing.
Arcata ambulance has been requested but reduced to a code 2 response.
First responders at the scene reported that the eastbound lane of West End Road was blocked due to the collision. Caltrans QuickMap shows traffic issues in the area. Please use an alternative route 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.
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I hope everyone is okay.
To the occupants I hope for survival and speedy recovery. Drive carefully.
Great, now the taco truck at Renner will lose business.
Semi trucks are a real problem, along with speeders on West End, anywhere past Wes Green’s ( or whatever it is now). The county turns a blind eye to any improvements on this area of West End, all the way to Blue Lake. Because of the narrowness, FedEx and UPS, along with other trucks and pickups constantly tear the drainage ditches up, throwing mud and debris onto the roadway. It will take a lot of lawyers and law suits to move any widening or drainage repair to this horse and buggy road.
That’s a challenging junction at the best of times.
Slow down, have patience with each other. Give trucker’s a break, that’s a heavy commercial zone there. Use extreme caution. Hope everything turns out good for the injured person.