Bear Causes Multiple Vehicles to Collide on Highway 101 South in Humboldt County, Roadway Cleared by Authorities

AI SUMMARY: A report came in at 21:49 of a bear in the middle of the southbound lane on Highway 101 near Humbug Rd at mile marker 44.3. By 21:50, four vehicles had hit the bear and continued driving. The caller did not collide with the animal themselves and was simply reporting the incident. The California Highway Patrol was contacted but they did not have any units available to respond to the situation.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 9:55 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


9:49 p.m.
[1] BEAR IN MIDDLE OF SB #1 LN
9:50 p.m.
[2] 4 VEH HAVE HIT THE BEAR AND HAVE COINTNUED ON
9:51 p.m.
[4] RP DID NOT TC INTO VEH // JUST REPORTING
9:52 p.m.
[7] 1039 CT NEG 108 UNITS
10:07 p.m.
[11] [Notification] [CHP]-PER ADDTL CALLER PEOPLE HAVE PUT TRIANGLE REFELCTS ITA TO ALERT DRIVERS PASSING BY . BEAR STILL 1125 [Shared]
10:13 p.m.
[16] [Notification] [CHP]-PER FOPD // RDWY IS CLR CHP CAN 1022 [Shared]

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