Traffic Collision on Highway 299 E in Humboldt County Results in Vehicle Recovery and Road Closure

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision occurred at 4250 Highway 299 E near Hum R42.50. The California Highway Patrol found an overturned vehicle and confirmed it was unoccupied. Emergency medical services were alerted, and fire and medical assistance were requested. A tow truck was called to remove the vehicle, a 2014 Hyundai Accord, which had rolled 50 feet down an embankment and had four intact tires. The roadway was temporarily closed for recovery but later reopened. The vehicle was wrecked but not stripped or burned.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 1:55 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


12:17 p.m.
[2] LOCATED A OT VEH
12:18 p.m.
[4] VEH IS 1124
12:18 p.m.
[5] STARTING FIRE MED ON PREC /UKN IF CT HAS SEARCHED THE AREA
12:18 p.m.
[6] NOT A OLD TC
12:19 p.m.
[9] 1039 CF
12:21 p.m.
[13] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CT ON THE WB SIDE / VEH COLD / CHECKED IN AND AROUND VEH NEG PRTYS SEEN / FRONT SEATBELT IS STILL CLICKED IN
12:22 p.m.
[14] 16-22 REQ TO 1022 FIRE AND MEDICAL SINCE CT 97
12:22 p.m.
[15] 1039 CF
12:31 p.m.
[17] 1039 CT FIRE MED 1022D
1:04 p.m.
[19] 16-R1 1185 HYUN ACC 50 FT DOWN EMBANKEMNET ON ITS SIDE 4 GOOD TIRES
1:04 p.m.
[20] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 BUDDYS TOWING (XXX) XXX-XXXX
1:08 p.m.
[21] VEH RETURNED 1036F 16-R1 CPYS
1:18 p.m.
[23] 16-R1 1185 97
1:28 p.m.
[24] A16-022 299 EB ADN WB CLOSED FOR RECOVERY APPROX 10 MIN
1:36 p.m.
[25] A16-022 RDWY OPEN
1:51 p.m.
[28] 1039 VICT
1:53 p.m.
[29] A16-022 RECOVERY INFO 2014 HYUN ACC 4DR SIL NEG PLTS VEH IS WRECKED NEG STRIPPED OR BURNED TKN FOR 22651C 523916

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