Traffic Collision on Highway 299 East Results in U-Haul Truck Crashing Into Embankment

AI SUMMARY: At 6:33 PM, a U-Haul box truck was involved in a traffic collision at Highway 299 East of Humboldt Road at mile marker 17.20. The truck hit an embankment and came to rest on the right-hand side of the road, with tire debris scattered around the area. Another vehicle, described as a blue sedan, was partially blocking the road behind the U-Haul. The U-Haul was missing a front wheel and was partially up the embankment. The California Highway Patrol requested a scraping truck from the Department of Transportation to clear a large amount of mud and rocks from the eastbound lane. The road was closed for recovery, and a towing company was called to remove the damaged U-Haul from the scene.

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


6:33 p.m.
[5] VEH ON RHS
6:33 p.m.
[4] TIRE AND DEBRIS 1125
6:33 p.m.
[3] UHAUL BOX TK VS EMBAKMENT
6:36 p.m.
[10] [Appended, 18:37:03] [1] VEH OO RDWY
6:36 p.m.
[11] [Appended, 18:37:03] [2] ADDITIONAL VEH BEHIND THE UHAUL // PARTIALLY 1125 // BLU SD
6:40 p.m.
[18] [Appended, 18:41:25] [3] UHAUL ON RHS
6:40 p.m.
[19] [Appended, 18:41:25] [4] VS EMBAKMENT
6:56 p.m.
[23] C16-022C INQ W/ DOT FOR UNIT AVAIL W/ A SCRAPER TRUCK FOR LARGE AMOUNT OF MUD AND ROCKS 1125 #2 EB LANE [Shared]
6:57 p.m.
[24] 1039 CT [Shared]
7:03 p.m.
[28] C16-022C 1185R 20 FT UHUAL TRUCK MISSING RF WHEEL PARTIALLY UP ENBANKMENT // MED SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE [Shared]
7:04 p.m.
[29] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 BUDDYS TOWING (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
7:21 p.m.
[31] 19C REQ ETA FROM 1185 // REQ TO RECONTACT CALL CENTER [Shared]
7:35 p.m.
[35] C16-022C DOT 97 / 98 // RDWY CLR / #2 EB LN CLOSED FOR RECOVERY
7:58 p.m.
[37] C16-019C 1185 97
9 p.m.
[38] C16-022C RDWY OPEN / ALL UNITS 1098 / 1110 TAKEN / SOLO VEH 1182
9 p.m.
[40] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj [Shared]

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