Elderly Driver Hits Bear in Traffic Collision on Highway 101, Minor Injuries Reported

AI SUMMARY: At 11:00 PM, an elderly woman hit a bear on Highway 101 resulting in minor injuries to the bear. Emergency services were called to the scene, and the bear was moved off the road. The woman's vehicle, a Kia Soul, sustained major front end damage and was blocking the northbound lanes. All In One Tow was contacted for rotation services. The northbound lanes were closed to one-way traffic control as a result of the collision. The incident was later classified as a minor injury traffic collision.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 11:51 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


11 p.m.
[5] ELDERLY XRAY HIT A BEAR
11:01 p.m.
[9] 1125
11:01 p.m.
[10] BEAR IS INJ
11:01 p.m.
[11] PUSHED OFF THE RDWY
11:01 p.m.
[12] MOVED BUMPER AND FENDERS OO THE RDWY
11:01 p.m.
[13] CAN HEAR THE BEAR INJURED OFF THE RDWY
11:03 p.m.
[18] 1039 CF
11:15 p.m.
[19] B105-052 VEH 1125 \
11:15 p.m.
[20] B105-052 BLOCKING NB
11:18 p.m.
[21] B(XXX) XXX-XXXX KIA SOUL MAJ FE DMG
11:19 p.m.
[22] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 ALL IN ONE TOW (XXX) XXX-XXXX
11:28 p.m.
[25] B105-052 NB CLOSED TO 1 WAY TRAFF CONTROL
11:48 p.m.
[29] B105-052 SOLO VEH 1181
11:48 p.m.
[30] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj by CHP
12:06 a.m.
[37] B(XXX) XXX-XXXX 97

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