Minor Injury Traffic Collision on Highway 101 in Humboldt County Leaves Driver Trapped Down Embankment

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision with minor injuries occurred at mile marker 135.00 on Highway 101 North in Humboldt County. The incident involved a motorhome that went off the road into a gully full of trees. The driver was reported to be trapped in the vehicle down the embankment. Buddys Towing was en route to recover the motorhome, providing their own lane closure. Multiple units were involved in the response, with one occupant out of the vehicle and one still inside. Buddys Towing was not equipped to recover the vehicle and planned to notify CHP in the morning. The scene was cleared with both lanes reopened for traffic.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 8:51 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


8:47 a.m.
[73] [Notification] [CHP]-PER BUDDYS TOWING // ENRT FROM ARCATA IN APPROX 1 HOUR TO RECOVERY MH, OFCR WAS REQING TO BE NOTIFED OF THIS, ADVING NEG REQ FOR CHP, THEY WILL PROVIDE THERE OWN LANE CLOSURE and 1184 FOR RECOVERY [Shared]
1:40 p.m.
[1] MH WENT OFF THE RD INTO A GULLY FULL OF TREES
1:41 p.m.
[3] WAS SWERVING PRIOR TO TC
1:43 p.m.
[30] [Appended, 13:59:45] [1] TEXT TO 911 VEHICLE TC
1:44 p.m.
[9] 1039 SP
1:45 p.m.
[34] [Appended, 13:59:45] [5] ATC INVLD NA LM
1:48 p.m.
[12] 1039 CF
1:48 p.m.
[11] A95-090 PER DNSO SCANNER STARTED 1141 DRVR TRAPPED IN VEH DOWN EMBANKMENT
1:49 p.m.
[15] 24 LEXUS MH//4 DOGS IN THE VEH
1:50 p.m.
[17] 95-90 CPZ LN 13-15
1:50 p.m.
[19] 16-19 CPZ LN 13-15
1:51 p.m.
[22] 1039 CF FOR LINE 13
1:52 p.m.
[24] 1039 SP // HAD UNIT ENRT FROM SUE MEG AT 1345 HRS // UNKN IF THEIR UNIT IS 97
1:53 p.m.
[26] 1039 HSO//NOT 97
2 p.m.
[37] PHONE NUMBER AND VEH DESC MATCHES [Shared]
2 p.m.
[38] A95-090 ONE OCCUPANT OO VEH 1182 // ONE OCCUPANT STIL IN VEH [Shared]
2:03 p.m.
[40] A95-090 FIRE 97 SPEAKJING W/ DRIVER SLUMPED OVER PASSENGER SEAT ALERT AND TALKING [Shared]
2:08 p.m.
[44] 95-S2 1185R HEAVY DUTY ON ITS WHEELS SLIGVHTLY SLOPED ENBANKMENT APPROX 150 FT ON OTHER SID EOF GR GOOD ACCESS ON NORHT SIDE TO EXTRACT [Shared]
2:11 p.m.
[46] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 BUDDYS TOWING (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
2:19 p.m.
[48] A95-090 OO VEH [Shared]
3:07 p.m.
[52] A16-022 INQ W/BUDDYS FOR ETA
3:23 p.m.
[55] A16-019 BOTH LNS OPEN 1023 FOR 1185 [Shared]
3:38 p.m.
[56] 1039 BUDDYS TO 1022 SECOND RESPONDING TK
3:50 p.m.
[58] A16-019 BUDDYS NOT EQUIPPED TO RECOVER VEH AND WILL NOTIFY CHP IN MORNING WHEN THEY RECOVER // APPEARS 1181
3:50 p.m.
[59] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj by CHP [Shared]
4:42 p.m.
[64] 1039 DOT
4:42 p.m.
[63] A16-019 NOTIFY CT \DOWN STOP SIGN AT TC SCENE

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