Major Injury Collision on Highway 3 Involving Cement Truck; Roadway Now Clear

AI SUMMARY: A major traffic collision occurred on Highway 3 at which a cement truck overturned, causing major injuries to the male driver who is unconscious. There were possibly two other vehicles involved in the collision. The cement truck was leaking diesel fuel, and the entire roadway was blocked. Emergency services were on the scene, with the cement truck needing to be towed. The road was closed for several hours due to the accident, with one-way traffic being managed until the scene was cleared. The driver of the cement truck was transported to Mercy Hospital.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 8:47 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


10:33 a.m.
[1] O/T CEMENT TK
10:34 a.m.
[2] POSS 2 VEHS INVOLVED
10:34 a.m.
[3] MALE IN O/T TK IS UNCONSCIOUS
10:35 a.m.
[5] 1125
10:36 a.m.
[8] 1039 TRI SO
10:36 a.m.
[14] [Appended, 10:37:29] [3] UT PK VS CEMENT TRUCK
10:50 a.m.
[20] A90-011 REQ INJ UPDATES FROM FIRE [Shared]
10:51 a.m.
[21] PER TRI SO - CEMENT TK LEAKING DIESEL - ENTIRELY 1125 // 1141 AND FIRE JUST WENT 97 - PHI ENRT [Shared]
10:53 a.m.
[24] A90-011 START 1185 FOR A BIG RIG TOW [Shared]
10:57 a.m.
[26] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 BUDDYS AUTO (XXX) XXX-XXXX — HD — REQ CB WITH INFO ON MAKE/MODEL [Shared]
11:07 a.m.
[33] 1039 CT - HAVE UNITS ENRT - WILL ADVS OF THE REQ FOR 1184 [Shared]
11:08 a.m.
[34] A90-011 70841T3 1185 FOR CEMENT TK ON ITS SIDE BLOCKING NB LANES 1 WAY TRAFF CONTROL IN PLACE [Shared]
11:09 a.m.
[35] A90-011 MAKE AND MODEL NOT VISIBLE FULLY LOADED CEMENT MIXER [Shared]
11:58 a.m.
[39] A90-011 CONTACT SHASTA REDDING MIX AND ADVS TK 87 IS INVOLVED IN TC AND XPORTED TO MERCY
11:59 a.m.
[41] 1039 SHASTA REDI-MIX THEY ARE AWARE OF THE TC AND INFO
2 p.m.
[51] 1039 CT
2:57 p.m.
[52] 90-10 98 REQ UNIT RELIEVE 90-11 - WILL BE SEVERAL MORE HOURS WILL DO HARD CLOSURE SHORTLY
3:01 p.m.
[54] 90-11 BUDDYS HAS VEH ABOUT READY TO START LOADING - 1 HR CLOSURE WILL ADVS WHEN READY SHUT DOWN BOTH LNS
3:30 p.m.
[55] TRI CO SO IS REQ A 1021 WHEN THE CLOSURE BEGINS FOR THE 1141S
3:33 p.m.
[57] 90-11 FINAL CODING 2 VEH 1180 ONLY PTY XPORTED WAS DRVR OF MIXER AND 144 INFO WAS GIVEN NEG 180 - 98
3:39 p.m.
[61] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1180-Trfc Collision-Major Inj by CHP [Shared]
4:14 p.m.
[62] B90-013 HARD CLOSURE ON SR3 AT THE LOCATION OF THE TC
4:15 p.m.
[63] 1039 CT
4:16 p.m.
[64] 90-13 ETA APPROX 1 HR, WILL ADVS WHEN RDWY IS OPEN
7:22 p.m.
[66] 90-13 RDWY CLR
7:23 p.m.
[67] 1039 CT TMC
7:23 p.m.
[68] 1039 TRI SO
7:52 p.m.
[73] 1039 CT TMC [Shared]
8:02 p.m.
[76] 90-13 1022 RDWY OPEN 1 WAY TRAFF CONTROL WILL ADVS WHEN OPEN
8:44 p.m.
[77] LE/ 1039 CT TMC
12:09 a.m.
[79] 90-22 ALL LANES OPEN, RDWY CLR
12:09 a.m.
[80] 1039 CT TMC

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