U.S. Coast Guard MCKINLEYVILLE/EEL RIVER – Friday night at 12:34 a.m. the U.S. Coast Guard received a request from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office to assist a man who was dangerously close to being washed into the Eel River by raging floodwaters. Sector Humboldt Bay in McKinleyville dispatched RESCUE 6558, a MH-65D helicopter, with four…
Coast Guard comes to the rescue
U.S. Coast Guard McKINLEYVILLE/DINSMORE – At 11:45 A.M. this morning, Feb. 6, the U.S. Coast Guard received a request for assistance from the Southern Trinity Health Services dispatch office in Dinsmore to transport a patient from the Dinsmore Airport to the nearest hospital. An ambulance was transporting an 88-year-old female patient with pneumonia and difficulty…
Driver Rescued After Night In Car After Accident
California Highway Patrol A 60 year old female motorist was rescued today off SR-299, west of Willow Creek, after she drove her vehicle down a steep embankment they day prior, leaving her stranded and unable to call for help. In the late morning of Monday, May 5th, 60 year old Paula Whitten of Salyer was…
Coasties come to the rescue after boat capsizes in ocean
A Northern California Coast Guard boat crew rescued two fishermen from the surf Thursday, March 23 when their 16-foot recreational vessel was overturned by a wave. The two men were clinging to the hull of the boat in 12-14 feet of breaking surf when the Station Humboldt Bay rescue crew arrived on scene and…
Suicidal woman dangles over 75-ft.-tall bridge; deputies save woman after 90-minute talk
Sheriff’s deputies saved a suicidal woman last week who was found hanging over the edge of a bridge near Willow Creek. On Friday, April 12, at about 1 a.m. a passing motorist reported to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office that a 21-year-old female was sitting on the railing of the Willow Creek Bridge on Highway…
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