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In response to an inquiry from the Outpost, Lt. Jesse Taylor of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the person killed in the awful crash on Broadway on Monday.

Taylor writes:

I can confirm that the decendent, and driver of the van, has been identified as Kendra Leighanne Beni Yao Moore, age 25, from Eureka. The cause and manner of death are still pending.

According to the Eureka Police Department, the van being driven in the crash had been stolen from a Fortuna location less than half an hour earlier.