Photos: Sierra Jenkins

UPDATE, 5:44 p.m.:  CHP Officer Robertson tells LoCO’s Sierra Jenkins at the scene that the initial incident involved two northbound vehicles. For reasons still under investigation one of the vehicles struck a red sedan which lost control and careened into the slough. The sole female occupant of the red sedan sustained non-life threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

Traffic is flowing again. A tow truck has arrived and is about to pull the car out of the water. 

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UPDATE, 5:30 p.m.: Emergency personnel have extricated the person. 

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Original Post: CHP Watch notes a traffic incident on the Highway 101 safety corridor in which a red sedan is reported as having left the roadway.

Scanner traffic indicates that the vehicle is partially submerged in the slough near Harper Motors. The party inside is conscious and breathing and is disabled and will require extrication. —AG