Large Tree Blocks Highway 101 North School Road Offramp, Car Needed for Removal

AI SUMMARY: A large tree has fallen across the northbound offramp at Highway 101 and School Road, potentially partially blocking the freeway as well. Emergency services have been contacted, and the offramp is completely blocked by vehicles and the fallen tree. There are reports of people trapped in a vehicle, and a tow truck has been requested for a BMW sedan with major front-end damage. The estimated time of arrival for the tow truck is 10-15 minutes.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 4:35 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


3:31 a.m.
[1] LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS NB OFR AND POSS PARTIAL INTO FWY
3:33 a.m.
[4] 1039 DOT
3:35 a.m.
[6] C16-030 NB OFR COMPLETELY BLOCKED BY VEH AND TREE
3:35 a.m.
[9] [Appended, 03:36:34] [2] IPHONE ALERT TC
3:35 a.m.
[10] [Appended, 03:36:34] [3] HEARING SUBJ TALK IN BACK SAYING THEY NEED HELP GETTING OUT VEH
3:39 a.m.
[15] 1039 DOT [Shared]
3:39 a.m.
[16] DOT ETA 10-15 [Shared]
4:01 a.m.
[19] C16-010 1185 BMW SD, 4 GOOD TIRES, MAJ FE DMG [Shared]
4:02 a.m.
[20] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 JandM Towing (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
4:27 a.m.
[28] C16-030 REQ ETA FOR 1185 [Shared]
4:27 a.m.
[29] 1185 WILL CB WITH ETA [Shared]
4:31 a.m.
[31] C16-030 1185 97
5:09 a.m.
[37] C16-030 1185 HAS VEH / RDWAY CLR
5:14 a.m.
[38] [ER CT RDWY CLRD

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