Dog Running Loose on Highway 101 Causes Chaos, Owners Refuse to Retrieve

AI SUMMARY: A dog was running in the lanes of Highway 101 North at the Hookton Road onramp, causing vehicles to swerve to avoid it. Eventually, the California Highway Patrol was able to catch the dog near Loleta Drive and stop traffic in the #2 lane. It was discovered that the dog had been abandoned by its owner earlier that morning and the owner did not want to retrieve it. The dog was described as approximately 4 years old with a red collar and no vaccines. A bystander who helped retrieve the dog was bitten on the thumb.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 6:29 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


5:57 p.m.
[1] DOG RUNNING IN THE LNS
5:57 p.m.
[5] VEHS SWERVING TO AVOID
6:07 p.m.
[10] VISUAL OF THE DOG 101 NB WALKING SB AT LOLETA DRIVE
6:14 p.m.
[13] C16-044C HAVE HANDS ON THE DOG NB 101 JNO LOLETA DR # 2 LN STOPPED
6:14 p.m.
[15] 1039 HSO // NEG AC 10-8
6:15 p.m.
[16] [Notification] [CHP]-[15] 1039 HSO // NEG AC 10-8
6:16 p.m.
[18] C16-044C NEG 1125 # 2 LN OPEN TRYING TO GET THE DOG IN THE PV NOW
6:22 p.m.
[20] OWNERS MOM LEFT DOG ON THE SIDE OF THE FRWY RATHER THAN TAKING IT TO A SHELTER DUE
6:23 p.m.
[22] DOG WAS ABANDONNED AROUND 0400 OR 0500 HOURS
6:23 p.m.
[24] OWNER IS NOT WANTING TO RETREIVE THE DOG
6:25 p.m.
[26] 44C ADVS THE DOG DOES HAVE A RED COLLAR
6:25 p.m.
[29] 44C REQ INQ WITH OWNER ON VACCINE STATUS ONE BYSTANDARD ASST WITH GETTING THE DOG AND GOT BIT ON THUMB
6:26 p.m.
[30] OWNER STATING DOG DOES NOT HAVE ANY VACCINES // APPROX 4 YRS OLD
6:40 p.m.
[31] 16-S2 REQ TO NOTIFY HSO OF THE DOG BITE // 44C WILL PLACE INFO FOR VICTIM
7:52 p.m.
[37] C16-044C ENRT FOR FU W/ DOG OWNER

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