Hit and Run Results in Damaged Telephone Pole on Highway 36 West, No Injuries Reported

AI SUMMARY: At 12:35 pm, a vehicle went off the roadway and hit a telephone pole on Highway 36 West near Humboldt County Mile Marker 3.30. The pole was damaged and being held up by wires. There were no injuries reported in the hit-and-run incident. The California Highway Patrol dispatched units to the scene to assess the situation and contact the appropriate authorities to clear the roadway and replace the damaged pole. A search revealed that the vehicle involved was possibly a GMC Yukon. The involved party was located at the hospital, but their vehicle was not seen on the premises. The local police department was contacted to check the area around the hospital for the vehicle.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 2:53 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


12:35 p.m.
[1] VEH WENT OFF THE RDWY HIT TELEPHONE POLE THEN CONT ON
12:35 p.m.
[2] VEH CONT WB
12:36 p.m.
[5] POLE IS DAMAGED BEING HELD UP BY THE WIRES
12:46 p.m.
[14] NEG VEHS ITA [Shared]
12:46 p.m.
[16] POLE LEANING HEAVILY /// NOT YET 1125 [Shared]
12:52 p.m.
[23] A16-044 REQ TO CONTACT ATT #(XXX) XXX-XXXX2 POLE SEARED OFF AT BASE BEING HELD UP BY LINE [Shared]
12:53 p.m.
[26] A16-044 09 AT INSTERSECTION OF 36/ROCKY LN [Shared]
12:54 p.m.
[27] A16-044 REQ ATT EXPEDIATE NO WAY TO GET RID OF LINES ON RDWY [Shared]
12:59 p.m.
[31] [Notification] [CHP]-1039 ATT / PE56CE17 / WILL CB W ETA [Shared]
2:07 p.m.
[33] 16-44 BOTH UNITS ENRT TO RMH // ATT WAS ABLE TO CLR LINE OO RDWY JOINT POLE PGE ENTITY RESPONISBLE FOR REPLACING THE POLE THEYVE NOTIFIED PGE // ATT RELAYED POLE WILL CONT TO LEAN NEEDING FULL CREW TO REPLACE PGE IS ENRT
2:07 p.m.
[36] 1039 PGE
1:23 p.m.
[57] [Appended, 14:49:41] [14] 44 CPYS FOUND PARTS ITA THAT PER GOOGLE SEARCH IS A GMC YUKON IN RE TO THE TC LG 32
1:24 p.m.
[58] [Appended, 14:49:41] [15] PER 44 WILL CHK ROHNERVILLE RD TO RMH FOR THIS VEH WHEN CLR
1:30 p.m.
[59] [Appended, 14:49:41] [16] PRTY IS 97 AT ER / STAFF DOES NOT SEE HIS VEH IN THE PLOT
1:35 p.m.
[62] [Appended, 14:49:41] [19] 1039 FOPD TO CHECK FRM THE HOSPITAL OUT ROHNERVILLE RD
2:03 p.m.
[69] [Appended, 14:49:41] [26] 16-44 CPYS BOTH UNITS ENRT RMH // ATT ABLE TO CLR LINE OO RDWY JOINT POLE PGE ENTITY RESPOINBLE FOR REPLCING THE POLE THEYVE NOTIFED PGE // ATT RELAYED POLE WILL CONT TO LEAN NEEDING FULL CREQ TO REPLACE PGE ENRT
2:51 p.m.
[71] A16-031 FINAL CODING SOLO VEH 1182 1110 TKN NEG 180 98 [Shared]

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