Mattress Falls Off Van, Leading to Traffic Hazard on Howland Hill Road and Elk Valley Road in California

AI SUMMARY: At 1:28 PM, a traffic hazard was reported at the intersection of Howland Hill Road and Elk Valley Road. An older Ford 350 van was seen hauling a mattress when the mattress fell off the vehicle. It is unknown if the driver was aware that the mattress had fallen off. The mattress was reported to be blocking the road. The reporting party believed that the driver should have stopped after the mattress fell and considered it a crime that the vehicle continued on without addressing the hazard.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 1:31 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


1:28 p.m.
[3] OLDER FORD 350 VAN WAS HAULING MATTRESS AND MATTRESS FELL ON VEH
1:28 p.m.
[4] VEH CONT ON
1:28 p.m.
[5] UNK IF VEH KNEW MATTRESS FELL OFF
1:28 p.m.
[6] MATTRESS 1125
1:28 p.m.
[7] RP REPORTING THAT THIS WAS A CRIME THAT VEH CONT ON
1:36 p.m.
[10] A95-063 UPDATED 1020 HOWLAND/OLIVVE NEG 1125

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