Ambulance En Route After Vehicle Hits Elk on Highway 101 Near Toad Road

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision on Highway 101 and Toad Rd involved a pickup truck and an elk, with ambulance en route. Dispatch notes reported multiple elk in the roadway, debris in the roadway, and stopped traffic, with the vehicle described as an unknown-colored pickup truck and the injured parties listed as unknown. A witness said the pickup was traveling at high speeds before striking the elk, after which the vehicle was reportedly not drivable, though it continued northbound on Hwy 101 with hazard lights on and may have pulled over near the bridge. The witness also stated the truck reversed over the injured elk multiple times after the collision.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 5:42 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] UNK IINJ
5:35 p.m.
[4] UNK COLOR PK VS ELK
5:35 p.m.
[7] TRAFFIC STOPPED
5:35 p.m.
[8] MULTI ELK IN RDWY
5:35 p.m.
[11] MULTI DEBRIS OF VEH 1125 IN RDWY
5:37 p.m.
[16] [Appended, 17:38:39] [2] VEH CONT ON BUT RP ADV VEH IS NOT DRIVEABLE
5:37 p.m.
[17] [Appended, 17:38:39] [3] RP BELIEVES VEH IS ON RHS NEAR THE BRIDGE
5:38 p.m.
[18] [Appended, 17:38:39] [4] VEH NEG 1125
5:38 p.m.
[19] [Appended, 17:38:39] [5] 2 INJ ELK 1125
5:38 p.m.
[21] [Appended, 17:38:39] [7] RP WITNESSED THE VEH GOING HIGH SPEEDS THEN TC INTO THE ELK
5:38 p.m.
[23] [Appended, 17:39:59] [1] RP WITNSSED TC
5:39 p.m.
[25] [Appended, 17:39:59] [3] RP WITNSSED THE PK TK KEEP REVERSING OVER THE INJ ELK MULTI TIMES AFTER TC
5:39 p.m.
[26] [Appended, 17:39:59] [4] PK TK CONT NB 101 FROM TC WITH HAZARDS LIGHTS ON
5:39 p.m.
[27] [Appended, 17:39:59] [5] RP DOESNT KNOW IF VEH CONT ON OR PULLED OVER
5:34 p.m.
[35] [Appended, 17:42:20] [1] VEH VS ELK
5:35 p.m.
[39] [Appended, 17:42:20] [5] 1125 ELK

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