Two injured in Humboldt accident
Humboldt County Sheriff Dean Kruger (left) and Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Ambulance EMT staff work on a patient Tuesday afternoon following a traffic accident at the intersection of 11th Street North and 5th Avenue North. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.
By KENT THOMPSON
Two Humboldt women were injured and transported for treatment Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 17, at 3:52 p.m.
Humboldt Police were called to the intersection of 5th Avenue North and 11th Street North for a report of a personal injury accident.
According to the report, a 2013 GMC Terrain Denali LL sport utility vehicle driven by Jessica Huete Maradiaga, 38, of Humboldt, was northbound on 11th North when a 2005 Ford 150 SuperCrew cab pickup driven by Andrew Owen Zinnel, 34, of Bode, failed to yield while traveling eastbound on 5th Avenue North. The Zinnel vehicle struck Huete Maradiaga’s SUV, forcing it into the residential yard at the northeast corner of the intersection, damaging a tree and a child’s swing/playset. The Ford pickup also jumped the curb and struck an internet/telephone box and flattened a city street sign.
Both Huete Maradiaga and a passenger, Ana Vileria Huete, 29, of Humboldt, reported suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries and were transported by Humboldt County Memorial Hospital (HCMH) Emergency Medical Services to HCMH to be treated. Zinnel was not injured.
There was an estimated $5,000 disabling damage to the front of Zinnel’s 2005 Ford. There was an estimated $7,000 disabling damage to the front middle, driver’s side and undercarriage of Huete Maradiaga’s 2013 GMC Terrain.
There was an estimated $1,500 damage to an internet/phone box belonging to Goldfield Access Company and $200 damage to a city street sign. There was also an estimated $785 damage to a children’s playset, as Huete Maradiaga’s vehicle landed in her own front yard.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office assisted police at the scene.
Zinnel was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
