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California Highway Patrol press release:
On 8/14/2013 at approximately 0730 hours, Lee A. Patterson was driving a Peterbulit semi-truck with trailer northbound on US-101, south of Bridges Creek, in unincorporated Mendocino County. As Patterson was traversing a right hand curve, at an unsafe speed, his truck and trailer combination tipped over onto its left side. The combination slid westbound across the southbound lane onto the southbound shoulder. The trailer’s load of wood chips spilled onto the shoulder. Patterson was transported to an area hospital with complaint of pain.
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