No Injuries After Vehicle Goes Off Road at Highway 36 and Riverbar Road

AI SUMMARY: At 12:14 pm, a vehicle went off the road near an embankment at the intersection of Highway 36 and Riverbar Road. The California Highway Patrol notified the Fortuna Police Department at 12:17, and an officer was dispatched to the scene. At 12:21, a CHiP Officer arrived at the location. By 12:28, the Fortuna Police Department was informed that the vehicle needed to be towed by Humpboldt Tow due to the crash. The vehicle, an iconic Hyundai with four good tires, was 30 feet down an embankment and in vegetation. At 13:05, the problem was reclassified as a traffic collision with no injuries.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 1:09 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


12:14 p.m.
[1] VEH WENT OFF RD BY EMBANKMENT
12:17 p.m.
[10] 1039 FOPD
12:21 p.m.
[19] ND-C122 36/RIVERBAR RD
12:28 p.m.
[22] 1039 FOPD
12:58 p.m.
[28] A16-044 1185 REQ ONWERS REQ HUMBPOLDT TOW TOWED MCKKAYS IN FORTUNA HYUN ICONIC 4 GOOD TIRES 30 FT FDWON EMBANKMENT AND VEGETATION
1:05 p.m.
[32] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj
1:33 p.m.
[33] A16-031 1185 97

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