A 35-year-old pedestrian was seriously hurt last night after a suspected drunk driver struck them on Broadway in Eureka. The Eureka resident was taken to the hospital in critical condition and the driver was arrested by officers at the scene.

The collision was on southbound Broadway between 14th Street and Wabash around 9 p.m. last night, according to the Eureka Police Department.

“Upon arrival, officers located the pedestrian lying in the roadway and unresponsive,” according to a press release from EPD.

The initial police investigation has found the pedestrian was traveling across Broadway outside of a crosswalk. The car struck the pedestrian in the lefthand lane of southbound Broadway.

According to police, an officer certified in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing determined that the driver was under the influence.

Raeleen Lynn Olson, a 55-year-old Eureka resident, was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for an alleged charge related to causing injury while under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs, a felony, according to the jail record.

Olson is additionally alleged to have inflicted great bodily injury, including an allegation that the collision caused a coma/paralysis, and allegedly was in possession of a controlled substance.

She has not yet been charged for the incident, as of Thursday morning. She remains in custody on a $95,000 bail, according to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.

Scanner traffic indicated the pedestrian was transported in critical condition by ambulance with firefighters onboard to assist with life support. He was taken to a local hospital, according to police.

Olson has multiple recent convictions for driving on a suspended or revoked license, and for driving while lacking registration and insurance, according to court records.

Traffic on Broadway was impacted for hours.

Eureka Police Department encourages anyone with information on this incident to contact the investigations unit at 707-441-4300.