Major Injuries Reported in Highway 299 West Collision in Humboldt County

AI SUMMARY: A major traffic collision with injuries occurred at 3800 Highway 299 W in Humboldt County at mile marker 38. The California Highway Patrol received reports of a person trapped in a vehicle that had rolled over. Emergency responders located the vehicle and requested a tow truck to recover it. The driver of the vehicle was awake and extraction efforts were underway. Ultimately, the crash was classified as a solo vehicle collision with major injuries, and the scene was cleared by authorities.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 11:21 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


9:05 a.m.
[7] [Appended, 09:08:38] [2] IPHONE TC ALERT
9:06 a.m.
[8] [Appended, 09:08:38] [3] RP ADV PTY IN INJ
9:06 a.m.
[11] [Appended, 09:08:38] [6] UNK IF 1125
9:07 a.m.
[12] [Appended, 09:08:38] [7] PTY IS TRAPPED IN VEH
9:07 a.m.
[13] [Appended, 09:08:38] [8] VEH ROLLED O/T
9:07 a.m.
[15] [Appended, 09:08:38] [10] SOLO VEH TC
9:11 a.m.
[20] CORR LN 18 16-S1 CPZ [Shared]
9:19 a.m.
[26] A16-070 ITA ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE VEH [Shared]
9:21 a.m.
[27] [Notification] [CHP]-PER RAPID CALLER PINGS AT MM 38 OFF RDWY WB SIDE// 95 % ACCURACY [Shared]
9:28 a.m.
[30] A16-070 CPZ 97 WITH CF ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE VEH AT MM 38 [Shared]
9:42 a.m.
[32] 1039 CF [Shared]
9:42 a.m.
[33] A16-070 97 WITH VEH MM 38 ADV CF [Shared]
9:44 a.m.
[38] CF WAS NOTIFIED WHEN 16-70 WENT 10-97 [Shared]
10 a.m.
[42] A16-022 DOWN AT VEH PTY IS AWAKE [Shared]
10 a.m.
[43] A16-022 SOLO OCCUP FIRE ATTEMPT TO EXTRACT
10:21 a.m.
[51] A16-022 1185R TOYT RAV4 MAJ ROLL OVER DMG 60 FT DOWN STEEP EMBANKMENT
10:22 a.m.
[53] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 BUDDYS TOWING (XXX) XXX-XXXX
10:35 a.m.
[54] A16-070 1185 97
11:15 a.m.
[56] 16-70 BUDDYS ADV VEH RECOVERY WILL BE PROLONGED NEG REQ FOR CHP TO 1023
11:16 a.m.
[57] 16-70 FINAL CODING SOLO VEH 1180 11-10 TAKEN 180 PENDING HANDLED BY 16-70 ALL UNITS 98
11:19 a.m.
[62] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1180-Trfc Collision-Major Inj by CHP [Shared]
11:24 a.m.
[66] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1180-Trfc Collision-Major Inj to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj by CHP [Shared]
1:11 p.m.
[69] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj to 1180-Trfc Collision-Major Inj by CHP [Shared]
9:52 a.m.
[72] A16-070 BUDDYS CLOSING #2 WB 299 MM 38 NEG REQ FOR CHP TO 1023 [Shared]
9:52 a.m.
[73] A16-070 BUDDYS WILL RE CONT CHP WHEN VEH IS RECOV FOR 180 COMPLETION [Shared]

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