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UPDATE, 3:24 p.m.: Laura Montagna, public information officer with the Eureka Police Department, tells the Outpost via phone, “This is an incredibly complex situation. We are continuing to investigate.”

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UPDATE, 2:50 p.m.: A coroner’s vehicle has arrived at the scene.

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UPDATE, 2:41 p.m.: The pedestrian who was struck has not been removed from the scene. Police have set up privacy barriers to block public view of him or her.

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ORIGINAL POST: Eureka’s I Street is closed between Sixth and Ninth at the moment, following a huge multivehicle collision a few moments ago that resulted in at least two people injured, one of them a pedestrian.

Commander Lenny LaFrance of the Eureka Police Department told the Outpost that the closed area is being treated as a crime scene. Numerous police officers have been called to the area to close off the streets and, presumably, to investigate, all while other emergency personnel attempt to assist people involved.

The Outpost‘s Andrew Goff, at the scene, counts at least five vehicles with damages along that stretch of I Street.

Needless to say: Avoid the area. We’ll update when we know more.