Vehicle Collision Involving Box Truck on Highway 36 West Results in Road Closure

AI SUMMARY: A white box truck went off the roadway at 2570 Highway 36 West in Humboldt County with no injuries reported. The vehicle was visible from the roadway and a male occupant was out of the vehicle. It was a single-vehicle collision that ended in the ditch. The California Department of Transportation was notified and there was no blockage in the traffic lanes. Buddy's Towing was en route for vehicle recovery, and the westbound lane was shut down temporarily. The roadway was reopened later in the evening as the incident was classified as a traffic collision with no injuries.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 10:39 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


3:31 p.m.
[2] WHI BOX TRUCK WENT OFF THE RDWY
3:31 p.m.
[3] VEH IS VISIBLE FROM TEH RDWY
3:32 p.m.
[4] MALE OCCUPANT OO VEH
3:32 p.m.
[5] SOLO VEH
3:32 p.m.
[7] VEH TC'D INTO THE GR
3:33 p.m.
[13] 1039 DOT
3:31 p.m.
[15] [Appended, 15:35:21] [1] SEMI TRUCK
3:35 p.m.
[20] NEG 1125 [Shared]
3:35 p.m.
[22] OCCUP OO VEH [Shared]
3:40 p.m.
[24] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CF THEY WERE TOLD BY BRIDGEVILLE FIRE ITS NON INJ // CF HAS NOW 1022 FIRE AND MEDICAL [Shared]
3:50 p.m.
[30] 16-44 CPZ 1185 REQ [Shared]
3:50 p.m.
[31] LL 1185 [Shared]
3:54 p.m.
[33] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 Buddy's Towing (XXX) XXX-XXXX, ENRT [Shared]
5:37 p.m.
[39] A16-044 1185 97
6:42 p.m.
[41] A16-044 98 SOLO VEH 1182 11-10 TAKEN 16-31C WILL 1023 FOR VEH RECOVERY
6:42 p.m.
[42] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj by CHP [Shared]
8:55 p.m.
[43] C16-031C WB LN SHUT DOWN
8:58 p.m.
[44] 1039 CT
10:37 p.m.
[51] C16-031C RDWY OPEN
10:37 p.m.
[53] 1039 CT
11:41 p.m.
[54] C16-031C 1185 HAS VEH 98

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