Vehicle Collides With Elk at Humboldt Road and Maher Avenue, No Injuries Reported

AI SUMMARY: At 4:05 PM, CHP received a report of a vehicle vs elk collision at Humboldt Rd and Maher Ave. The male driver was out of the vehicle and walking around with no visible injuries, and there was no blocking or need for towing initially. By 4:11 PM, the reporting party was working on a tow, and by 4:46 PM the elk was confirmed dead in the field next to 650 Humboldt Rd, with tribal members expected to come clean up the elk. The incident was updated from an unknown injury collision to a no-injury traffic collision, and the vehicle was taken without further issues.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 4:48 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


4:05 p.m.
[2] VEH VS ELK
4:06 p.m.
[6] NEG 1125
4:06 p.m.
[8] MALE DRIVER OO VEH AND WALKINGS, NEG VIS INJS
4:11 p.m.
[17] RP IS WORKING ON 1185
4:46 p.m.
[22] A95-061 1182 VEH VS ELK NEG 180 1110 TAKEN
4:46 p.m.
[24] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj
4:46 p.m.
[25] A95-061 ELK IS 1144 IN FIELD NEXT TO 650 HUMBOLDT RD TRIBAL MEMBERS WILL COME CLEAN UP THE ELK //98

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