Major Injury Traffic Collision on Highway 101 in Humboldt County Leaves One Trapped in Vehicle

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision with major injuries occurred at 12970 Highway 101 South in Humboldt County. The reporting party (RP) was inside the vehicle, which had overturned and was not visible from the roadway. The RP reported being trapped in the vehicle. Emergency services were contacted, and the RP was eventually extricated from the vehicle. A tow truck was called to retrieve the Kia Soul, which had gone approximately 150 feet down a steep embankment. The final coding indicated a solo vehicle collision with major injuries reported.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 10:43 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


7:55 a.m.
[4] RP IS IN THE VEH
7:55 a.m.
[5] VEH O/T
7:56 a.m.
[7] RP STATES ITS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE RDWY
7:57 a.m.
[9] RP IS STILL IN THE VEH
7:57 a.m.
[11] 1039 CF
7:57 a.m.
[12] RP STATES SHE IS TRAPPED IN THE VEH
7:58 a.m.
[18] LL ATC SP , LN 10-6
8:19 a.m.
[22] 16-19 INQ W/ FIRE [Shared]
8:33 a.m.
[30] 16-19 FIRE AND 1141 97 [Shared]
8:35 a.m.
[32] 16-19 REQ 1185 FOR KIA SOUL UNKN TIRE COND APPROX 150 DOWN STEEP EMBANKMENT [Shared]
8:39 a.m.
[35] 16-19 CORRECTION 1141 NOT 97 IT IS ADDTL FIRE [Shared]
8:45 a.m.
[37] 16-19 PTY ALERT AND CONCSIOUS UNKN EXTENT OF INJ [Shared]
8:53 a.m.
[39] 16-19 PTY EXTRACATED FROM VEH [Shared]
9:06 a.m.
[43] 1039 CT
9:41 a.m.
[48] A16-019 1185 97
10:28 a.m.
[55] 1185 HAS THE // 16-19 WILL BE BOL FOR A K9A
10:39 a.m.
[61] A16-019 FINAL CODING: SOLO VEH 1180 1110 TAKEN
10:39 a.m.
[62] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1180-Trfc Collision-Major Inj by CHP [Shared]

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