Hit and Run Causes Telegraph Pole to Snap in Half on Highway 36 East, No Injuries Reported

AI SUMMARY: A hit and run with no injuries was reported at 2809 Highway 36 East in Humboldt at 28.10. The caller advised that there were no vehicles over the bank, but a telephone pole was snapped in half and the line was broken. The pole and line were found on the shoulder of the road. The Department of Transportation was notified and the vehicle involved appeared to have been towed out the previous morning or night. The situation was changed from an information report to a hit and run case. The license plate is the same as one involved in a previous traffic collision.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 2:15 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


1:19 p.m.
[4] NO VEHS ITA , UKN WHY THIS HAPPENED
1:19 p.m.
[5] RP ADVS HE CHECKED OVER THE BANK NO VEHS
1:19 p.m.
[2] TELEPHONE POLE SNAPPED IN HALF AND LINE HAS SNAPPED
1:19 p.m.
[3] THIS IS ON THE RDWY
1:21 p.m.
[7] CLARIFICATION THE CALLER ADVS THE POLE AND LINE ARE ON THE SHOULDER
1:22 p.m.
[9] 1039 DOT THEY WILL CHK FOR TRK ITA
2:02 p.m.
[12] APPEARS VEH WAS TOWED OUT THIS MORNING OR LAST NIGHT
2:02 p.m.
[10] [Notification] [CHP]-PER DOT AS REPORTED ATT POLE DMG'D
2:02 p.m.
[11] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from INFO-Information to 20002-Hit and Run No Injuries by CHP
2:03 p.m.
[16] PER DOT ATT POLE AND LINES ON GROUND
2:12 p.m.
[21] PLT IS ONE IN THE SAME AS A TC 250304HM0076
2:12 p.m.
[22] 16-R1 CPYS LN 21
2:15 p.m.
[23] 1039 ATT REF: PE54NA09

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