Major Injury Motorcycle Crash on Highway 162 West in Mendocino Causes Road Closure

AI SUMMARY: At 6:04pm, there was a motorcycle traffic collision with major injuries on Highway 162 West in Mendocino. The California Highway Patrol Dispatch log documented the incident, noting that the Fire Department was requested at 6:34pm. The motorcycle reportedly went 100 feet down an embankment and the rider was found with major lacerations to the knee and road rash on the arm. The tow service McCaffery's Tow was called at 6:36pm. By 6:46pm, the problem was changed to a major injury collision. At 7:45pm, the Fire Department arrived on the scene. The injured person had significant lacerations to the knee and road rash on both arms. At 9:09pm, a tow truck was requested for the vehicle involved in the collision.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 9:09 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


6:04 p.m.
[1] MC TC
6:05 p.m.
[6] 1039 CF
6:34 p.m.
[14] 105-57 REQ ETA FOR FIRE
6:36 p.m.
[16] B(XXX) XXX-XXXXR HD MC 100 FT DOWN EMBANKMENT//DRESSED
6:36 p.m.
[17] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 MCCAFFERYS TOW (XXX) XXX-XXXX
6:45 p.m.
[19] B105-057 FIRE 97 1180 MAJOR LAC TO KNEE AND ROAD RASH TO ARM
6:46 p.m.
[20] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1180-Trfc Collision-Major Inj by CHP
7:09 p.m.
[25] 105-57 1185 97 [Shared]
8:03 p.m.
[31] B(XXX) XXX-XXXX HAS VEH ENRT HOWARD FOR AIFU
9:07 p.m.
[35] B(XXX) XXX-XXXX MAJ LAC TO RIGHT KNEE MAJ ROAD RASH TO BOTH ARMS

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