Traffic Hazard Causes Power Line Down at Highway 197 and Sharon Lane

AI SUMMARY: At 13:55, there was a traffic hazard reported at Highway 197 and Sharon Lane, where a white semi-truck with a box trailer was seen going northbound and potentially taking down a power line. The Del Norte County Sheriff's Office was alerted and dispatched fire and called Pacific Power to address the situation. The road was closed to allow the power to be turned off, and it was confirmed that all the downed lines were communication lines. Frontier was contacted for further assistance, and they were expected to call back with an estimated time of arrival and ticket number.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 2:47 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


1:55 p.m.
[2] 1125
1:56 p.m.
[3] NRP SAW A SEMI GOING NB/RP THINKS MAY HAVE TAKEN DOWN THE POWER LINE
1:56 p.m.
[4] WHI SEMI BOX TRLR
2:20 p.m.
[12] DNSO SENDING FIRE AND CALLING PAC POWER
2:20 p.m.
[13] [Notification] [CHP]-[12] DNSO SENDING FIRE AND CALLING PAC POWER
2:25 p.m.
[21] LG 86 FROM 2/21 STATES THE RDWY WAS CLOSED FOR THE POWER TO BE TURNED OFF
2:38 p.m.
[25] 95-S3 CONFIRMED ALL LINES WERE COMMUNICATION LINES PER FIRE WHO WAS 97 LAST NIGHT W PPL
2:38 p.m.
[26] VZ66078 POLE NUMBER
2:41 p.m.
[28] 1039 FRONTIER
2:42 p.m.
[29] [Notification] [CHP]-FRONTIER WILL CB W ETA AND TICKET NUMBER
2:56 p.m.
[34] OPOENING ROAD SHORTL;Y

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