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Multiple People Believed to be Trapped in Vehicle After Going Off Bridge Near Mattole Camp, Ambulance En Route

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision was reported at 36841 County Road F3C010 at 2:20 am. The caller heard the collision but could provide no vehicle description and did not know where exactly the accident occurred. An ambulance was dispatched at 2:23 am. Another caller reported that a vehicle went off a bridge near Mattole Camp, with multiple people in the vehicle of unknown type on the riverbank. The vehicle was 50 feet from the roadway, with one person out of the vehicle and 2-3 still inside, not visible from the road. An additional caller said they would go to the bridge to help locate the accident scene.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 2:47 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.

2:20 a.m.
Multiple People Believed to be Trapped in Vehicle After Going Off Bridge Near Mattole Camp, Ambulance En Route
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2:20 a.m.
[2] HEARD TC
2:23 a.m.
[6] NEG VEH DESC//UNK WHERE THE TC ACTUALLY OCCD
2:23 a.m.
[8] 1039 CF
2:42 a.m.
[10] [Notification] [CHP]-PER ADDITIONAL CALLER VEH WENT OFF BRIDGE JEO MATTOLE CAMP
2:42 a.m.
[11] MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN VEH
2:42 a.m.
[12] UNKN VEH TYPE ON RIVERBANK
2:43 a.m.
[13] VEH 50 FEET FROM RDWY
2:43 a.m.
[15] ONE PERSON OO VEH // 2-3 STILL IN VEH
2:43 a.m.
[16] NOT VISIBLE FROM RDWY
2:44 a.m.
[19] ADDITIONAL RP WILL GO DOWN TO THE BRIDGE TO POINT OUT THE T/C // SAG
2:46 a.m.
[20] 1039 CF
2:54 a.m.
[25] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CF 97 // ALL 3 OO VEH // 1 MINOR INJ // 2 UNRESPONSIVE [Shared]

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