Cow Causes Chaos on Highway 101 and Highway 299 Intersection, Multiple Cows Spotted Outside Fence.

AI SUMMARY: Multiple callers reported a live black cow close to the roadway on Highway 101 South and Highway 299 East. Additionally, there were reports of a black bull cow and multiple cows outside of a fence along the highway. California Highway Patrol responded to the scene, with one officer overshooting from the northbound side to find cows on the onramp to northbound Highway 101 flipping over. Another officer stopped on the onramp to southbound Highway 101 to assess the situation. The dispatch log also noted the presence of three cows on the right-hand side of the road, one large cow, and two small cows outside of a fenced area.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 7:45 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


7:30 a.m.
[2] COW ON RHS
7:31 a.m.
[4] BLK COW
7:33 a.m.
[11] [Appended, 07:33:49] [2] ADD CALLER ADV BLACK AND WHITE COW
7:33 a.m.
[14] [Appended, 07:34:00] [2] CLOSE TO RDWY
7:36 a.m.
[22] [Appended, 07:37:31] [2] PER ADDTIONAL CALLER BLK BULL COW
7:38 a.m.
[26] A16-025 OVERSHOT FROM NB SIDE / COWS ON 299 ONR TO NB 101 / FLIPPING NOW [Shared]
7:38 a.m.
[28] A16-025 STOPPING NOW / ONR TO SB 101 [Shared]
7:38 a.m.
[31] [Appended, 07:39:30] [2] PER ADDIONAL CALLER MULT COW OUTSIDE OF FENCE
7:39 a.m.
[38] [Appended, 07:40:23] [3] ADV THAT 3 COWS ON RHS
7:42 a.m.
[42] [Appended, 07:42:39] [1] CALLER ADV THAT THERE 1 LARGE COW AND TWO SMALL COWS OO FENCED AREA

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