Truck Carrying Pallets of Dirt Crashes on Highway 299, Eastbound Lane Closed Near Humboldt-Trinity Border

The eastbound lane of Highway 299 has been shut down near the Humboldt-Trinity border, after a truck crash caused pallets of dirt to spill into the roadway.

According to the California Highway Patrol incident report, firefighters have set up one-way traffic control in the area. 

A forklift will need to be brought in to clear the spilled pallets from the roadway.

No injuries were reported from the scene of the crash.


3:44 p.m.
[3] BOTH LNS BLKED
3:46 p.m.
[4] 1039 TRI SO FOR MEDICAL
3:57 p.m.
[8] [Notification] [CHP]-TRIN SO ADVD MM IS 9.16 // 1182 ONLY EB LN IS BLOCKED AND FIRE IS 97 SETTING UP 1184
3:59 p.m.
[10] WILL NEED A FORKLIFT TO CLR THE RDWY // TK WAS CARRYING PALLETS OF DIRT
3:59 p.m.
[9] A90-010 LOOKS LIKE LANES BLOCKED START A TOW
4 p.m.
[11] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj by CHP
4:07 p.m.
[13] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 BUDDY'S AUTO TOW 530-629-2424
4:07 p.m.
[14] 90-15 CPZ 1185
4:15 p.m.
[16] A90-010 TRY AND GET A HOLD OF THE CREW AT THE CLOSURE IN BIG FRENCH CREEK AND LET THEM KNOW WE ARE COMING THRU
4:32 p.m.
[17] PER BUDDYS TOW AFFIRM ON FORK LIFT,DRIVER ENRT
5:50 p.m.
[22] B90-015 15 WILL 1023 // VEH IS UPRIGHT AND ALMOST OUT OF THE RDWY IN THE NEXT 10-15 MIN

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