Wrong Way Driver on Highway 101 North Drives Southbound in Northbound Lanes

AI SUMMARY: The California Highway Patrol dispatch log reported a wrong-way driver on Highway 101 North. The vehicle was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes. The CHP notified the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and Del Norte Sheriff's Office about the situation. The caller reported a black Chevrolet truck with wide tires running off the opposite side of the roadway.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 12:21 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


12:10 p.m.
[3] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to WW-Wrong Way Driver by CHP
12:11 p.m.
[6] 1039 HSO
12:12 p.m.
[7] 1039 DNSO
12:14 p.m.
[9] PER TEXT 911 THE VEH WAS SB IN THE NB LANES
12:15 p.m.
[10] [Notification] [CHP]-[9] PER TEXT 911 THE VEH WAS SB IN THE NB LANES
12:18 p.m.
[11] PER CALLER BLK CHEV TRK WIDE TIRES RAN OFF THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RDWY
12:34 p.m.
[15] CALLER CLARIFIED THE VEH PULLED OVER NEG TC AS FAR AS THE SEEN
12:34 p.m.
[16] [Notification] [CHP]-[15] CALLER CLARIFIED THE VEH PULLED OVER NEG TC AS FAR AS THE SEEN

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