Traffic Collision on Highway 3 North at Trinity River Intersection Results in Search and Rescue Operation

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision occurred at Highway 3 North TRI L1.70, with two occupants involved and one occupant out of the vehicle. Wiebe Tow has a 15-minute ETA and will recover the vehicle. Trinity County Search and Rescue have been requested to assist in case the occupants are still in the water. The tow truck driver estimates there is a spill of 15 gallons in the creek. Trinity County Sheriff's Office is handling hazmat notifications and OES has been contacted. The driver of the vehicle has been transported to Mercy with unknown injuries. Trinity County SAR will continue to the scene to assist.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 8:15 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


5:37 p.m.
[1] INFO FRM JORDAN W/ WIEBE TOW
5:38 p.m.
[4] TC
5:40 p.m.
[9] 1039 TRINITY CO
5:40 p.m.
[7] WIEBE HAS A 15 MIN ETA // WILL ADV FURTHER ONCE 97
5:40 p.m.
[6] 2 OCCUPANTS // ONE OO VEH
6:14 p.m.
[13] [Notification] [CHP]-TRINITY CO REQ CHP ETA
6:18 p.m.
[15] PER TRI SO / SEARCH AND RESCUE AND DIVER HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, UNSURE IF OCCUPANTS ARE STILL IN THE WATER, TOW WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER THE VEH SINCE THEYRE 97
6:18 p.m.
[14] TRI CO CPZ ETA
7:11 p.m.
[22] C90-014 LAST 27 RAN WAS NOT OUR DRIVER FOR THE TC IT WAS A PTY WHO STOPPED FOR TRUCK OVER THE SIDE
7:24 p.m.
[24] 90-11 I DONT THINK THERES ENOUGH FOR OES NUMBER, I JUST WANT TO YOU NOTIFY FandG THERES A SPILL IN THE CREEK
7:25 p.m.
[26] 1039 FISH AND GAME
7:28 p.m.
[30] TOW TK DRIVER ESTIMATING 15 GALLONS
7:35 p.m.
[35] [Notification] [CHP]-90-S1 INQ'ING INJURIES AND IF GAS IS ACTIVELY LEAKING STILL?
7:37 p.m.
[36] 90-11 VEH IS OO THE RIVER TOW TRUCK HAS IT ON THE RHS, NEG 2002, DRIVER IS ENRT TO MERCY, A FAMILY MEMBER SHOWED UP AND I BELIEVE I HAVE A NAME, ITS PRIVATE PROPERTY XPORT UNK INJURIES BUT TO THE FACE
7:39 p.m.
[37] 1039 TRINITY SO FOR HAZMAT NOTIFICATIONS - WILL W/ TRINITY SO - ALREADY CONTACTED OES SPOKE W/ MIKE // OES # 25-3596
7:39 p.m.
[38] 1039 90-S1 - REQ TO INQ IF THERE IS ANY FUEL ON THE RHS, IS IT STILL ACTIVE AND EXTENT OF INJ'S
7:40 p.m.
[39] NEG ON THE RHS WILL HAVE CELL COVERAGE TO 1021 IN A CPLE MIN
7:50 p.m.
[45] 90-11 UNABLE TO SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE WATER- ONE AIRBAG DEPLOYED ON DRIVER SIDE - DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A PSGR - FAMILY ADVS ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE VEH BUT NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT
7:52 p.m.
[48] 1039 TRINITY SO - SAR IS GOING TO CONT TO SCENE
8:12 p.m.
[58] 1039 TRINITY SO
8:23 p.m.
[68] 1039 TRINITY SO - ADVS DIVE TEAM IS GOING TO CONT
9:45 p.m.
[79] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj by CHP

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