Vehicle Overturned and Possibly on Fire on Highway 199 North, Ambulance En Route

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision occurred on Highway 199 North, where a vehicle possibly caught on fire with small flames showing over an embankment. The vehicle was found overturned approximately 100 feet down the embankment, with three good tires and a damaged front left bumper. CHP officer C95-062 coordinated with towing service Robertson's Towing for the vehicle recovery, and both lanes of the highway were shut down to facilitate the process. After the northbound lane was reopened, C95-062 cleared the road and headed to Robertson's Towing to complete the paperwork.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 7:37 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


5:29 p.m.
[2] VEH POSS ON FIRE
5:27 p.m.
[5] [Appended, 17:29:39] [2] SMAL FLAMES SHOWING ON VEH OVER EMBANKMENT
5:28 p.m.
[9] [Appended, 17:29:39] [6] VEH OT
5:54 p.m.
[23] C95-062 1185R OT SD APPROX 100FT DOWN EMBANKMENT 3 GOOD TIRES FL BO [Shared]
5:54 p.m.
[24] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 Robertson's Towing (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
6:32 p.m.
[34] C95-062 SHUTTING DOWN BOTH LNS FOR 1185
7:13 p.m.
[41] [Notification] [CHP]-95-D2 REQ TO INQ WITH 95-62 FOPR ETA OF 199 BEING OPEN [Shared]
7:14 p.m.
[42] C95-062 NB LANE OPEN NOW [Shared]
7:33 p.m.
[43] C95-062 RD CLR ENRT TO ROBERTSONS TO COMPLETE 180
11:40 p.m.
[55] 95-86 FINAL CODING SOLO VEH 1181 180
11:40 p.m.
[56] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj by CHP [Shared]

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