Traffic Collision Results in Vehicle vs. Telephone Pole at Tompkins Hill Road and Hookton Road, Road Closed for Low-Hanging Wires

AI SUMMARY: At 16:25, a traffic collision occurred at the intersection of Tompkins Hill Road and Hookton Road, involving a vehicle and a telephone pole. The driver of the vehicle was out of the vehicle and there were no reported injuries. The telephone pole was leaning on the truck, and PG&E was notified to respond. The road was closed due to low hanging wires, and a tow truck was requested to remove the damaged vehicle. Humboldt Tow was on their way with a 15-minute ETA.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 5:25 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


4:25 p.m.
[1] VEH VS TELEPHONE POLE
4:26 p.m.
[3] PRTY OO VEH
4:26 p.m.
[5] NEG 1125
4:26 p.m.
[6] POLE LEANING ON THE TK
4:46 p.m.
[12] A16-031 1015 1015 1642 HRS
4:55 p.m.
[18] A16-031 POLE # 110098519
4:57 p.m.
[21] [Notification] [CHP]-1039 PGE / WILL CB WITH ETA
5 p.m.
[22] 16-S3 TOMPKINS JNO HOOKTON CLOSED FOR LOW HANGING WIRES
5:09 p.m.
[28] [Notification] [CHP]-PER PGE 15 MIN ETA
5:13 p.m.
[31] 16-S3 1185R CHEV PK RR TIRE BO FRONT END DAMAGE
5:14 p.m.
[32] 16-S3 APPROX 5-10 FT OFF RDWY // POWERPOLE IS LEANING ON IT// ADV 1185 1023 PGandE
5:15 p.m.
[33] 16-S3 RIGHT OFF RDWY // NEG SLOPE NEG ENBANKMENT
5:15 p.m.
[34] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 HUMBOLDT TOW (XXX) XXX-XXXX/ WILL BE ENRT WHEN PGE 97
5:21 p.m.
[38] HUMBOLDT TOW 15 MIN ETA
5:24 p.m.
[41] 1039 HUMBOLDT TOWING
6:10 p.m.
[53] 1039 O/C JUDGE

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