Traffic Collision at Meridian Road and Damon Lane, Ambulance En Route as Car Catches Fire

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision at Meridian Road and Damon Lane was reported to the California Highway Patrol. It was initially reported that a Toyota Camry was on fire, but the reporting party was unsure if the vehicle was actually on fire. The vehicle had collided with a ditch, and all occupants were out of the vehicle. The Ferndale Police Department was on scene with three individuals involved in another collision between Centerville and Port Kenyon. The CHP canceled a tow request for the Toyota Camry that had gone down an embankment.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 2:45 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.

1:24 a.m.
Traffic Collision at Meridian Road and Damon Lane, Ambulance En Route as Car Catches Fire
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1:25 a.m.
[2] TOYT CAM ON FIRE
1:26 a.m.
[6] RP IS NOW NOT SURE IF THE VEH IS ON FIRE
1:26 a.m.
[5] VEH VS DITCH
1:26 a.m.
[4] SMOKE SEEN
1:27 a.m.
[9] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from CFIRE-Car Fire to 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt by CHP
1:27 a.m.
[10] OCCUPANTS OO VEH
1:29 a.m.
[14] PER LN 13 ADDITIONAL ***
1:30 a.m.
[21] 1039 FOPD UNIT ITA CHECKING NOW
1:39 a.m.
[31] [Notification] [CHP]-PER FOPD / FERNDALE PD OUT WITH 3 SUBJS— 2 XRAYS and ONE MALE / 97 BTWN CENTERVILLE AND PORT KENYON / VEH VS TREE
1:43 a.m.
[35] 1039 HSO / HSO 97
1:50 a.m.
[36] C16-030 OUT WITH POSS PASS OF TC
2:17 a.m.
[45] C16-030 OFCR QUEVEDO 1015X @ 0217 HRS
2:39 a.m.
[50] C16-020 1185 4D TOYT CAM 4 GOOD TIRES 6 FETE DOWN EMBANKMENT
2:42 a.m.
[52] Tow Request Cancelled: 811786
2:48 a.m.
[56] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj
3:01 a.m.
[58] C16-020 FIRST 27 REL TO LAST 27 PTY RAN VEH and FENCE 422'D 1098

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