Traffic Collision Causes Temporary Closure on Highway 96 West in Hoopa

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Highway 96 between Willow Creek is currently closed following what sounds like a pretty hellacious accident that resulted, thankfully, in no injuries.

Summary below. The map at the top will tell you if the road is open again — if there’s no “STOP” sign on 96 at the time of the crash, then you’re good to go.

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AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision occurred at 670 Highway 96 West in Humboldt County where a vehicle overturned but no injuries were reported. The Hoopa Tribal Medical team confirmed no injuries, but there was damage to the road where the collision took place. The overturned trailer was carrying heavy equipment that needed to be moved. The southbound lane was completely blocked and a 24-foot trailer with drilling equipment, weighing approximately 20,000 pounds, needed towing. The road was closed for a period of time but eventually opened to one-way traffic with temporary restrictions.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 3:49 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.

12:11 p.m.

Traffic Collision Causes Temporary Closure on Highway 96 West in Hoopa

UPDATES

12:12 p.m.

[7] PER INVLD NEG INJ

12:12 p.m.

[6] VEH OT

12:13 p.m.

[10] 1039 HOOPA TRIBAL MEDICAL

12:26 p.m.

[14] PER HOOPA TRIBAL , MED IS 97 NON INJ BUT DAMAGE TO THE RD WHERE THE TC WAS , ITS OT TRLR WITH HEAVY EQUIP, WILL NEED EQUIP TO MOVED THE HEAVY EQUIP//1125

12:27 p.m.

[17] 1039 16-S5

12:28 p.m.

[20] 1039 DOT

12:30 p.m.

[21] B16-070 SB LANE COMPLETELY 1125 // WILL NEED ONE WAY 1184

12:33 p.m.

[22] B16-070 1185R HD 24 FT FB TRLR W/ DRILLING EQUIP LOADED // APPROX 20K IN WEIGHT

12:36 p.m.

[28] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 BUDDYS TOW (XXX) XXX-XXXX

12:59 p.m.

[34] B16-070 1185 97

1:01 p.m.

[37] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj

1:23 p.m.

[38] B16-070 DAMAGE TO RDWY APPROX 24 FT IN WIDTH 88 FT IN LENGTH // DOT SUP NOTIFIED ON SCENE

1:34 p.m.

[40] B16-070 96 FULL CLOSURE ON SR96 FOR APPROX 1 HR

2:33 p.m.

[44] B16-070 96 OPEN TO 1 WAY TRAFF

2:40 p.m.

[45] B16-070 RDWY FULLY CLOSED UKN ETO //S2 CPYS

3:24 p.m.

[46] B16-070 RDWY OPEN TO 1 WAY 1184 TEMP//S2 CPYS

3:37 p.m.

[47] B16-070 RDWY CLOSED

3:45 p.m.

[48] B16-070 RDWY OPEN TO 1 WAY 1184

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Traffic Collision Causes Temporary Closure on Highway 96 West in Hoopa

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