No Injuries Reported in Highway 101 N Collision at Metropolitan Road

AI SUMMARY: At 7:30 AM, a traffic collision with no injuries occurred at Highway 101 North and Metropolitan Road. The California Highway Patrol closed the number one lane but quickly reopened all lanes. A tow truck was called to remove a Toyota Rav4 with moderate front end damage back to Rio Dell. Humboldt Towing was contacted for the towing service. The situation was resolved by 8:07 AM.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 8:11 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


7:30 a.m.
[2] 1039 CT FOR 1184
7:30 a.m.
[3] A16-044 97 #1 LN CLOSED
7:30 a.m.
[5] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj by CHP
7:32 a.m.
[6] A16-044 ALL LANES BACK OPEN
7:32 a.m.
[7] 1039 CT
7:48 a.m.
[8] A16-044 1185 toyt rav4 mod fe dmg back to rio dell
7:49 a.m.
[9] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 Humboldt Towing (XXX) XXX-XXXX
8:03 a.m.
[11] 1039 CT
8:07 a.m.
[13] 1039 HUMBOLDT TOWING
8:15 a.m.
[14] A16-044 1185 97

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