Traffic Collision at Highway 101 North and Trinidad Offramp Results in No Injuries

AI SUMMARY: There was a traffic collision with no injuries on Highway 101 North at the Trinidad Offramp. A vehicle overturned and swerved into oncoming traffic. It was unclear if the vehicle was blocking the road, but additional callers reported that there were no blockages. The vehicle came to a stop about 20 feet off the road. Fire department arrived on the scene, and the call was changed to a traffic collision with no injuries. A tow truck was called to remove a Honda HRV from the scene. The northbound lane was shut down temporarily for vehicle recovery, but the road was later reopened. The incident took place at the junction of Highway 101 North and Trinidad Offramp, with a secondary location provided as 231 Driftwood Lane near mile marker 367.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 7:29 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


5:13 p.m.
[2] VEH OT
5:13 p.m.
[7] [Appended, 17:17:26] [1] VEH SWERVED INTO ONCOMING TRFC
5:14 p.m.
[10] [Appended, 17:17:26] [4] UNK IF 1125
5:15 p.m.
[11] [Appended, 17:17:26] [6] [Appended, 17:15:14] [1] PER ADDTL CALLER NEG 1125
5:15 p.m.
[16] [Appended, 17:17:26] [10] 20 FT OFF RDWY [Shared]
5:26 p.m.
[25] 16-S5 FIRE 97 [Shared]
5:29 p.m.
[28] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj by CHP [Shared]
5:30 p.m.
[29] 16-S5 1185 HOND HRV LEFT SIDE POSS BO LEFT TIRE 10 FT OFF RDWY [Shared]
5:31 p.m.
[30] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 JandM TOWING (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
6:07 p.m.
[33] 16-25C REQ ETA FRM 1185
6:14 p.m.
[37] C16-025C 1185 97 [Shared]
6:24 p.m.
[38] C16-025C #2 NB LN SHUT DOWN FOR RECOVERY [Shared]
7 p.m.
[39] C16-025C RDWY OPEN
7:25 p.m.
[40] Secondary Location for C16-025C: 231 DRIFTWOOD LN BM 367,
7:38 p.m.
[42] Secondary Location for C16-025C: 231 DRIFTWOOD LN EM 378,

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