Vehicle Overturned and On Fire at Highway 299 West and Essex Lane Offramp; No Injuries Reported

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision with no injuries was reported on Highway 299 West near the Essex Lane Offramp. The vehicle overturned and caught on fire initially, but subsequent callers clarified that there was no fire and no injuries. The vehicle involved was a white car, and there were possibly two other vehicles in the area. A blue vehicle was also reported at the scene. A tow truck was requested to remove the overturned blue Honda Civic from the roadway, and the Department of Transportation was contacted to assist with cleaning up the road after the collision. The number one lane was closed temporarily for the recovery process but was later reopened.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 1:35 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


12:38 p.m.
[1] VEH OT AND ON FIRE
12:38 p.m.
[4] POSS 1125
12:42 p.m.
[12] [Notification] [CHP]-PER ADDTL CALLER NOT ON FIRE OCC IS NOT INJ [Shared]
12:44 p.m.
[18] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALLER ADVS NEG FIRE AND NEG INJ THE VEH WAS WHI, POSS 2 VEHS IN THE SAME AREA [Shared]
12:45 p.m.
[19] 1022 LN 18 THIS CALLER ADVS VEH IS BLU [Shared]
12:46 p.m.
[24] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from CFIRE-Car Fire to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj [Shared]
12:48 p.m.
[25] A16-025 1185 FOR HOND CIV OT IN CD APPEARS 4 GOOD TIRES [Shared]
12:50 p.m.
[26] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 J AND M TOWING (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
1 p.m.
[27] A16-022 REQ INQ IF DOT IS AVAIL FOR 1184//NEED #1 LN FOR RECOVERY [Shared]
1:05 p.m.
[28] [Notification] [CHP]-PER DOT THEY ARE ENRT UKN ETA BO RADIO AREA [Shared]
1:07 p.m.
[30] A16-025 WILL HANDLE 1184 REQ DOT SCRAPE THE RD [Shared]
1:08 p.m.
[31] 1039 DOT [Shared]
1:11 p.m.
[32] A16-022 #1 LN CLOSED FOR RECOVERY [Shared]
1:11 p.m.
[33] A16-022 EB #1 [Shared]
1:32 p.m.
[34] A16-022 #1 LN OPEN
1:48 p.m.
[35] A16-025 1185 HAS VEH INVLD HAS BEEN PICKED UP 1110 TAKEN FOR 1182 NEG 180 98

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