Vehicle Collides with Tree on Highway 299 West in Humboldt County, Ambulance En Route

AI SUMMARY: There was a traffic collision reported on Highway 299 West at mile marker 12.50 in Humboldt County. A vehicle had hit a tree at 4:56 am. The California Highway Patrol was notified at 5:00 am and the ambulance was en route. The Department of Transportation went back to the scene to check the area.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 5:11 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


4:56 a.m.
[1] VEH HIT A TREE
5 a.m.
[10] 1039 CT
5:08 a.m.
[11] [Notification] [CHP]-PER DOT / VEH IS NOW ON ITS WAY / DOT WENT BACK TO CHECK THE AREA AND WAS UTL
5:09 a.m.
[13] 1039 CF

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