White SUV Found Upside Down in Trinity River Near Highway 299, Likely Old Unrecoverable Crash

AI SUMMARY: At 09:27, a reporting party said they could see a vehicle near MM 6.01 but could only reach it near MM 6.09, and by 09:28 it was reported to be upside down in the river with unknown injuries and no clear vehicle description, though the RP, a Trinity Transit driver, had just noticed it that day while driving the route. CHP and Trinity SO responded, and after checking old collision logs, they determined the vehicle was most likely the same as an old, unrecoverable traffic collision from 7/7/24 at SR-299/Gray Creek near Pony Bar Bridge MM 6, described as a white SUV upside down on the rocks, so further response was canceled.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 9:50 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


9:27 a.m.
[2] VEH UPSIDE DOWN IN THE RIVER
9:27 a.m.
[3] RP ADVD HE CAN SEE THE VEH FROM NR MM 6.01 BUT ACCESS DOWN TO THE VEH IS NR MM 6.09
9:28 a.m.
[4] RP IS TRIN TRANSIT DRIVER AND DRIVES THIS RTE A CPLE TIMES A WEEK // JUST NOTICED THIS VEH TODAY
9:28 a.m.
[5] UNKN IF OLD TC OR NOT
9:28 a.m.
[6] 1039 TRIN SO
9:29 a.m.
[7] LE // NEG VEH DESC // VEH IS ON ITS TOP // CAN ONLY SEE THE WHEELS
9:30 a.m.
[8] A90-013 CK W/OLD TC LOGS AND SEE IF ONE AND THE SAME
9:30 a.m.
[10] 1039 TRIN SO // THEY ARE 99% POSITIVE THIS IS OLD TC BUT WILL STILL SEND MEDICAL
9:33 a.m.
[11] ONLY OLD TC IN THIS SAME AREA IS FROM 7/7/24 // SR299/GRAY CREEK, PONY BAR BRIDGE MM 6 // WHI SD ON ROCKS
9:46 a.m.
[14] A90-013 ONE AND THE SAME - UNRECOVERABLE TC - WHI SUV UPSIDE DOWN ON THE ROCKS, 1022 FURTHER RESPONSE
9:47 a.m.
[15] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj by CHP
9:47 a.m.
[16] 1039 TRIN SO

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