Rollover Crash Backing Up Northbound 101 Traffic Near 255 Offramp


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A single-vehicle rollover crash involving a blue sedan is causing traffic to back up in the Northbound lanes of Highway 101 in Arcata.

According to the California Highway Patrol incident report the car is on its roof and blocking the #1 lane near the Highway 255 offramp. 



4:43 p.m.
[2] 1125
4:44 p.m.
[4] 1039 FORTUNA CF
4:45 p.m.
[12] 16-22 1185 WRECKER ON EXPEDITE
4:45 p.m.
[5] [Appended, 16:45:01] [1] SOLO VEH BLU SEDAN O/TURNED IN LANES ON ROOF
4:46 p.m.
[13] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 BUDDYS TOW ENRT
4:48 p.m.
[15] A16-022 NB TRAFFIC AT STANDSTIL 1/2 MI BACK
4:49 p.m.
[16] A16-022 BLOCKING #1 LANE NB JSO SAMOA OFFRAMP
5:43 p.m.
[22] A16-022 NOTIFY CT GR DAMAGE JSO SAMOA//IN CD 1000 FT JSO SAMOA IN 2 SEPARATE PLACES 100 FT APART
5:44 p.m.
[25] 1039 CT
5:44 p.m.
[24] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj by CHP [Shared]
5:50 p.m.
[26] 16-S3 LANES OPEN

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