Vehicle Collides with Elk on Elk Valley Road, Animal Dispatched by Authorities.

AI SUMMARY: A California Highway Patrol Dispatch log reported a vehicle colliding with an elk at 1480 Elk Valley Road. The vehicle left the scene and may have continued on, while the elk was still alive on the right-hand side of the road. The collision was only heard and did not have a description of the vehicles involved. The incident was reported to the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office and the California Department of Fish and Game, who dispatched someone to handle the situation. The elk was eventually dispatched by authorities.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 11:53 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


11:29 p.m.
[1] VEH VS ELK
11:29 p.m.
[2] VEH LEFT
11:30 p.m.
[8] [Appended, 23:31:04] [2] VEH POSS CONTINUED ON
11:30 p.m.
[9] [Appended, 23:31:04] [3] ELK ON RHS / STILL ALIVE
11:30 p.m.
[6] TC WAS HEARD ONLY // NEG DESC
11:30 p.m.
[7] [Appended, 23:31:04] [1] VEH VS ELK
11:49 p.m.
[18] 1039 DNSO [Shared]
11:49 p.m.
[16] 1039 FandG // CORDS HANDLE [Shared]
11:50 p.m.
[19] 95-91 ELK DISPATCHED / CPYS LN 16 [Shared]

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