Cattle on the Highway Near Redcrest Exit; 101 Backed Up

Says Friend o’ the LoCO “Rusty”:

101 northbound near redcrest cattle on the road. Traffic backed up in both directions.

It’s unclear, from the CHP dispatch logs, below, whether or not a cow was actually struck by another vehicle, or whether a vehicle swerved to avoid the cattle and ran into an embankment, or whether there was an accident unrelated to the cattle at the same time the cattle were cavorting in the roadway.

Just take caution in the area. And follow updates from CHP dispatch, below.


9:12 a.m.
[1] VEH VS COW
9:13 a.m.
[3] COWS RUNNING IN RDWY
9:14 a.m.
[4] CORR****TRK VS EMBANKMENT
9:14 a.m.
[10] [Appended, 09:17:48] [2] 3 CATTLE ON RDWY
9:14 a.m.
[14] [2] 3 CATTLE ON RDWY
9:14 a.m.
[8] OCCUPANTS OO VEH
9:14 a.m.
[6] TRK AND TRL NOT BLOCKING
9:17 a.m.
Unit Assigned
9:18 a.m.
Unit Enroute
9:18 a.m.
Unit Assigned
9:19 a.m.
Unit Cleared
9:19 a.m.
Unit Assigned
9:19 a.m.
Unit Enroute
9:22 a.m.
Unit At Scene
9:22 a.m.
[23] COW ON NB RHS NEG 1125
9:34 a.m.
[25] CATTLE NO LONGER 1125
9:38 a.m.
Unit At Scene
9:55 a.m.
[28] A105-016 ONE COW IS IN TRLR OWNER CAN BE REACHED AT 707-489-0501/OFERRALL, CYNTHIA
9:55 a.m.
Unit Cleared
9:58 a.m.
Unit Cleared
10:01 a.m.
[34] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1125-Traffic Hazard by CHP

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