Tree Blocks Highway 197, Causes Traffic Backup

AI SUMMARY: A dispatch log from the California Highway Patrol reported a traffic hazard at 400 Highway 197 North. A tree was blocking the road at a height of 8 feet above the road and was stretching over both lanes. The CHP requested Pacific Power to assist in removing the tree. The road was closed to traffic for about an hour until the tree was removed and the road was reopened.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 7:45 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


6:02 p.m.
[1] TREE X THE RD
6:03 p.m.
[2] LOW HANGING 8 FT OVER THE RD
6:03 p.m.
[3] OVER BOTH LNS
6:05 p.m.
[7] 1039 CT
6:21 p.m.
[12] C95-067 TREE APPROX 12 FT ABOVE RDWY RESTING ON LINES REQ PAC POWER [Shared]
6:21 p.m.
[13] 95-67 REQ ETA FOR CT [Shared]
6:24 p.m.
[15] 1039 PPL [Shared]
6:25 p.m.
[16] PPL WILL CB WITH REF NUMBER AND ETA [Shared]
6:31 p.m.
[18] PPL 45 MIN ETA [Shared]
6:44 p.m.
[20] C95-067 RDWY CLOSED FOR 1 WAY 1184 SEMI NB AND TK AND TL SB UNABLE TO PASS OR TURN AROUND [Shared]
6:55 p.m.
[21] C95-067 PAC POWER 97 NOT THIER LINES REQ FIRE [Shared]
6:58 p.m.
[22] PER DOT 10 MIN ETA [Shared]
6:58 p.m.
[23] 1039 DNSO FOR FIRE [Shared]
7:09 p.m.
[27] C95-067 CT 97 RDWY SHUT DOWN
7:40 p.m.
[32] C95-091 RDWY OPEN
7:42 p.m.
[33] 95-91 TREE OO RDWY
7:52 p.m.
[34] C95-067 VERIZON 97, EVALUATING DMG TO POLE AND LINE

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