Major Injuries Reported After Vehicle Goes Off Highway 299 at Tucker Hill Road in California Highway Collision

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision with major injuries occurred at Highway 299 and Tucker Hill Road when a vehicle went off the roadway and into a ravine. A male driver, possibly with a head injury, was seen getting out of the vehicle. The driver did not want to exit the vehicle, which had gone off the road at high speed and into blackberry bushes. There was a small amount of smoke but no flames visible. Property owner advised the driver to exit the vehicle. A tow truck was called to the scene to remove the damaged vehicle, a Chevrolet sedan. The vehicle had major front-end damage and was towed by Buddy's Tow. The driver was being flown to Redding for medical treatment at Mercy hospital. The incident was classified as a solo vehicle collision with major injuries.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 7:53 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


5:25 p.m.
[3] VEH OFF RDWY INTO RAVINE
5:28 p.m.
[10] MALE GETTING OUT OF THE VEH — POSS HEAD INJ
5:29 p.m.
[14] [Appended, 17:31:24] [2] WB JUST OUTSIDE OF WEAVERVILLE // JWO UNION HILL RD
5:29 p.m.
[12] 1039 TRIN SO W/ UPDATE
5:29 p.m.
[16] [Appended, 17:31:24] [4] WENT OFF RDWY AT A HIGH SPEED / WENT INTO BLACKBERRY BUSHES
5:30 p.m.
[21] [Appended, 17:31:24] [9] MALE DRIVER DID NOT WANT TO GET OO VEH
5:30 p.m.
[20] [Appended, 17:31:24] [8] SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE / NEG FLAMES SEEN
5:30 p.m.
[22] [Appended, 17:31:24] [10] PROPERTY OWNER WENT 97 W/ SUBJ ADV'ING HIM TO GET OO VEH
5:57 p.m.
[34] B90-021 REQ REDDING UNIT TO GO TO MERCY FOR STATEMENT/ 1185R CHEV SD [Shared]
6:01 p.m.
[37] LL 1185 [Shared]
6:02 p.m.
[38] 1185 INQ DMG OF VEH [Shared]
6:03 p.m.
[40] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 BUDDYS TOW (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
6:16 p.m.
[42] B90-021 VEH RIGHT SIDE TIRES ARE GOOD UNABLE TO SEE THE OTHER SIDE // MAJ FE DAM [Shared]
6:17 p.m.
[43] 1039 BUDDYS TOW TO ADV LINE 42 [Shared]
6:27 p.m.
[45] 90-21 CONTACT 1141 / DOUBLE CHECK BEING FLOWN TO REDDING- PER RD OFFICER MERCY HAS NO KNOWLEDGE [Shared]
7:48 p.m.
[58] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1180-Trfc Collision-Major Inj by CHP [Shared]
7:48 p.m.
[57] 90-21 SOLO VEH 1180

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