Solo Vehicle Crash at Highway 101 South and Humboldt Hill Road Offramp Leads to Partial Submersion in Water

AI SUMMARY: At 5:28 pm, a solo vehicle swerved off the roadway into the center divide at Highway 101 South and Humboldt Hill Road Offramp. The vehicle appears to be stuck in mud and partially submerged in water, but not in a dangerous way for the occupants. The California Highway Patrol dispatched Pacific Tow to the scene, and the #1 lane was closed for the tow truck to remove the vehicle. Another driver was en route with equipment, with an estimated arrival time of 15-20 minutes. The lane was later reopened.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 6:07 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


5:28 p.m.
[1] SOLO VEH TC
5:28 p.m.
[2] VEH SWERVED OFF RDWAY INTO CD
5:29 p.m.
[3] APPEARS STUCK IN MUD
5:35 p.m.
[7] [Appended, 17:35:51] [1] PER ADDTL RP, VEH PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN WATER
5:37 p.m.
[12] HSO 1097 [Shared]
5:37 p.m.
[10] PER SCANNER HSO ADVS VEH IS POSS NISS [Shared]
5:37 p.m.
[13] [Appended, 17:38:07] [1] PER ADDTL RP, VEH MAY IN A SMALL AMNT OF WATER, BUT NOTHING DANGEROUS TO OCCUPANT
5:40 p.m.
[19] VEH RET CLR CURR TO TOYT 4D OO FORTUNA [Shared]
5:53 p.m.
[22] [Notification] [CHP]-PACIFIC TOW ENRT, SHOULD BE 97 SHORTLY, MAY NEED LN CLOSURE [Shared]
5:56 p.m.
[23] C16-031C #1 LN CLOSED FOR 1185 [Shared]
6:02 p.m.
[25] C16-031C INQ WITH PAC TOW TO EXP TOW [Shared]
6:03 p.m.
[26] 1039 PACIFIC TOW, DRVR HAD TO DIVERT TO HIGHER PRIORITY CALL / 2ND DRVR ENRT FOR EQUIPMENT, ETA 15-20 [Shared]
6:04 p.m.
[27] 31 CPYS WILL RE OPEN THE LANE [Shared]
6:22 p.m.
[29] [Appended, 18:23:31] [2] VEH IN DIDTCH POSS SPUN OUT
6:24 p.m.
[31] C16-031C 1185 97 WILL HAVE #1 LN CLOSED [Shared]

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