Traffic Hazard on Northbound Highway 101 near Mendocino as Semi Truck with Fluid Leak Requires Cleanup

AI SUMMARY: A traffic hazard was reported on Highway 101 North at Mendocino R102.20 involving a semi-truck. The driver requested assistance and a tow truck was dispatched with an estimated ETA of 3 hours. The ETA was later updated to 2 hours. The Department of Transportation was notified to bring a spill kit for an unknown fluid spill on the on-ramp. The DOT arrived on the scene and the semi was escorted through Richardson Grove by one log.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 8:51 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


4:21 p.m.
[1] 1125 SEMI TRK //53 TURNING TO CHK ON IT REQ S BEAT RESP
4:25 p.m.
[4] A105-053 DRIVER ADVS HIS 1185 IS ENRT 3 HR ETA BO DRIVE LINE
5:18 p.m.
[8] PER 13 NEW UPDATED ETA 2 HRS
5:31 p.m.
[9] 1039 105-23 CPYS WILL BE ENRT TO TAKE OVER FOR 13
6:15 p.m.
[11] C105-023 REQ NOTIFY DOT BRING SPILL KIT OF UNKN FLUID ON THE ONR
6:15 p.m.
[12] 1039 DOT
7:02 p.m.
[13] C105-023 DOTY 1097
7:36 p.m.
[14] C(XXX) XXX-XXXX 97
8:48 p.m.
[15] C(XXX) XXX-XXXX HAS SEMI 1023 BY ONE LOG TO ESCORT THRU RICHARDSON GROVE

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