Traffic Collision Reported at Bayside Road, Vehicle Drives off Roadway and into Field.

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision occurred with unknown injuries at 785 Bayside Road. The reporting party witnessed a vehicle driving off the roadway and into a field between Mitchell and Tower Road. The vehicle almost collided with a mailbox and went over a culvert, but the reporting party did not see any property damage. The California Highway Patrol made a stop on a vehicle possibly associated with the collision at the Murphies in Arcata. The incident was initially reported as a traffic collision with unknown injuries but was later changed to a prisoner in custody situation and then changed back to a traffic collision with unknown injuries by the CHP.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 6:15 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


5:35 p.m.
[3] RP WITNESSED VEH DRIVE OFF RDWY
5:35 p.m.
[4] VEH INTO THE FIELD
5:38 p.m.
[8] TC OCCD BTWN MITCHELL AND TOWER RD
5:39 p.m.
[9] VEH ALMOST TCD W/ A MAILBOX AND WENT OVER A CULVERT BUT RP DIDNT SEE ANY PROP DMG
5:47 p.m.
[12] C16-025C MAKING A STOP ON THE VEH POSS ASSOC AT THE MURPHIES IN ARCATA
6:09 p.m.
[24] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1015-Prisoner in Custody by CHP
6:11 p.m.
[25] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1015-Prisoner in Custody to 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj by CHP
6:40 p.m.
[38] 16-S4 REQ 1185R JEEP COMPAS SUV
6:41 p.m.
[39] 1039 BUDDYS TOWING (XXX) XXX-XXXX

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