(UPDATES) CHP Dispatch Reporting Vehicle Rollover on 101, Just South of the Samoa Boulevard Exit

UPDATE, 4:36 p.m.:  The upside-down Silverado has be re-righted.

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Photo: Andrew Goff.

UPDATE, 4:36 p.m.: The person involved in the wreck seems to be up and ambulatory, but according to scanner traffic they’re still asking for an ambulance to the scene.

Traffic is down to one lane northbound. A tow truck just arrived.

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Photo: Jenni Morris Reed.

One vehicle has overturned just south of the Samoa Boulevard exit in Arcata, according to CHP dispatch and scanner traffic. A person was trapped inside, and northbound traffic is backed up to at least Bayside Cutoff.

Updates from CHP dispatch below.


4 p.m.
[7] [Appended, 16:02:04] [1] ROLL OVER
4 p.m.
[3] [Appended, 16:01:52] [1] SIL TOYT TAC VS GUARDRAIL
4:01 p.m.
[1] SILVER TRUCK O/TURNED IN THE CD
4:01 p.m.
[5] [Appended, 16:01:52] [3] VEH OT IN CD
4:01 p.m.
[8] [Appended, 16:02:04] [2] SOLO VEH
4:01 p.m.
[2] WAS 23103 PRIOR TO TC
4:02 p.m.
[14] 1039 CALFIRE
4:02 p.m.
[12] RP DRIVING IN 05 CHRY PACIFICA - VEH TC'D INTO RP PRIOR TO ROLLING OVER
4:05 p.m.
[18] 16-S5 1185 NB SIDE IN CD TOYT TAC
4:07 p.m.
[21] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 JM TOWING 707-362-1542
4:08 p.m.
[23] 16-S5 BLOCKING #1 // 16-22 START FIRE EXPEDITIE 1 PRTY TRAPPED
4:09 p.m.
[25] 1039 CF
4:21 p.m.
[30] 1039 CT
4:51 p.m.
[32] B16-022B NEG 180 STILL 1125 #1LN
4:53 p.m.
[34] 16-S5 RDWY CLR
5 p.m.
[36] B16-022B B16-022B 2 VEH 1182
5:02 p.m.
[37] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj by CHP [Shared]

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