Vehicle Crashes Into Pole on Old Arcata Road, No Injuries Reported

AI SUMMARY: At 5:58 AM, a vehicle collided with a pole on Old Arcata Road. There were no visible injuries to the female driver, who appeared dazed. The vehicle was in a ditch, but there were no poles or lines down. The Pacific Gas and Electric (PGE) pole was damaged and needed to be checked. JandM Towing was requested to remove the vehicle. The PGE was notified and had a 20-minute ETA.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 6:37 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


5:58 a.m.
[1] VEH VS POLE
5:58 a.m.
[6] XRAY DRIVER OO VEH
5:58 a.m.
[5] NEG VISUABLE INJS
5:58 a.m.
[4] NEG POLE OR LINES DOWN
5:58 a.m.
[3] VEH IN DITCH
5:58 a.m.
[2] NEG 1125
6:04 a.m.
[13] [Appended, 06:04:46] [3] XRAY 1125 APPEARS DAZED
6:04 a.m.
[12] [Appended, 06:04:46] [2] VEH IN DITCH
6:08 a.m.
[26] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj by CHP [Shared]
6:09 a.m.
[27] 1039 EPD [Shared]
6:11 a.m.
[30] A16-022 POLE # 110308421 PGE POLE POLE IS DMG PGE WILL NEED TRO RESP AND CHK NEG LINES DOWN BUT SPLIT AT BASE [Shared]
6:12 a.m.
[32] A16-022 1185 HYUN TUCSON 4 GOOD TIRES APROX 5 FT FRM RDWY 5 FT DOWN EMBANKMENT MOD FE DMG [Shared]
6:13 a.m.
[33] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 JandM TOWING (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
6:16 a.m.
[38] 1039 PGE [Shared]
6:30 a.m.
[40] [Notification] [CHP]-PER PGE 20 MIN ETA [Shared]
6:34 a.m.
[42] A16-019 1185 97 [Shared]
8 a.m.
[75] A16-022 FINAL CODING / SOLO VEH 1182 / 1110 TAKEN

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