Traffic Hazard Reported on State Route 96 - Department of Transportation responding with possible delay due to snow on state Route 299

AI SUMMARY: At 9:05 PM, the California Highway Patrol received a report of a traffic hazard on Highway 96. The Department of Transportation (DOT) was notified and said they would send a unit. At 9:14 PM, the DOT reported that it had started snowing on Highway 299 and that a unit was currently at Berry Summit, with an estimated arrival time of 1 hour. At 10:18 PM, the DOT reported that their unit was en route and had a 15-minute estimated time of arrival.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 10:21 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


9:05 p.m.
[5] 1039 DOT WILL SEND UNIT
9:14 p.m.
[7] [Notification] [CHP]-PER DOT STARTING TO SNOW ON 299//DOT UNIT CURRENTLY AT BERRY SUMMIT//POSS ETA OF 1 HOUR
10:18 p.m.
[13] [Notification] [CHP]-PER DOT ENRT NOW 15 MIN ETA

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