Traffic Collision in Mendocino Results in Vehicle Crash with Telephone Pole, No Injuries Reported

AI SUMMARY: A traffic collision with unknown injuries occurred on Highway 101 North at Mendocino mile marker 52.70. The incident involved a vehicle in the bushes down an embankment, with the driver out of the vehicle. A pole was knocked down, but not blocking the roadway. The vehicle, a dark blue Ford Fusion, went off the road and hit a ditch and trees. Emergency services were called, and a tow truck was requested. There was also a report of a white Toyota 4Runner with hazards on, but it was not the vehicle involved in the collision. The California Highway Patrol was investigating the incident.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 3:07 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


1:07 a.m.
[5] VEH IN BUSH DOWN EMBANKMENT
1:08 a.m.
[9] RP IS ITA OF TC WITH FLASHERS ON
1:08 a.m.
[11] VEH VS TELEPHONE
1:09 a.m.
[13] HORN IT HONKING ON TC VEH
1:09 a.m.
[15] INVLD PTY ADVING NEG INJS
1:09 a.m.
[16] POLE IS DOWN
1:10 a.m.
[17] BUT NOT IN RDWY
1:10 a.m.
[21] BUT NEG 1125
1:11 a.m.
[22] 4 FEET FROM RDWY
1:11 a.m.
[23] DRIVER OF TC OO VEH
1:14 a.m.
[28] 1039 105-56 // ENRT
1:44 a.m.
[29] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CF // SOLO VEH SOLO OCC 10 FEET OFF RDWY, NEG INJS, CONFIRMED COM LINES NOT POWER LINES
1:57 a.m.
[32] LL CF FOR VEH DESC
1:58 a.m.
[33] 1039 CF // DARK BLU FORD FUS
1:58 a.m.
[34] PER CF NEG OTHER TC ITA SEEN
1:07 a.m.
[36] [Appended, 01:58:34] [1] SOLO VEH TC WENT OFF RD
1:07 a.m.
[37] [Appended, 01:58:34] [2] POSS HOND - SMALLER VEH
1:07 a.m.
[39] [Appended, 01:58:34] [4] TC WAS JNO WILLITS // BEFORE REYNOLDS HWY
1:08 a.m.
[41] [Appended, 01:58:34] [6] INTO A DITCH - HIT A COUPLE TREES
1:10 a.m.
[46] [Appended, 01:58:34] [11] 1039 CF
2:01 a.m.
[48] CF ADV 1185 NEEDED [Shared]
1:13 a.m.
[50] [Appended, 02:04:57] [1] UNK VEH WENT OFF THE RDWY
1:14 a.m.
[53] [Appended, 02:04:57] [4] SOMEONE STANDING OO THE VEH
1:19 a.m.
[57] [Appended, 02:04:57] [8] 1039 CF : ADV IS POSS DUP OF TC ON REYNOLDS HWY THAT THEYRE ALR ENRT TO / IF THEY DONT FIND ANYTHING AT OTHER 1020 WILL SEND THIM TO THIS LOCATION
2 a.m.
[58] [Appended, 02:04:57] [9] PER CF NEG OTHER TC SEEN ITA OTHER THAN LOG 10
2:04 a.m.
[59] [Appended, 02:04:57] [10] 1039 RP // WHI TOYT 4RUN WAS THE VEH N RHS WITH HAZARDS NOT THE INVLD VEH, DIDNT GET A GOOD DISCP ON INVLD VEH, CONFIRMED TC THEY CALLED AGAIN WAS ITA OIL WEEL HILL
2:11 a.m.
[61] B105-056 RQING TO CALL ATT and 1185 FOR FORD FUS POSS 4 BO TIRES [Shared]
2:12 a.m.
[62] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 WILLITS TIRE (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
2:13 a.m.
[63] PER LN 62 / WILL HAVE TO PASS [Shared]
2:15 a.m.
[65] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 ALL IN ONE TOW (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]
2:53 a.m.
[75] B(XXX) XXX-XXXX 97 [Shared]
3:04 a.m.
[79] 105-56 REQ TO CONTACT SANTA ROSA MEM TO SEE IF ORTY LN 69 WAS REL AROUND 2300 HRS
3:47 a.m.
[85] B105-056 SOLO VEH 1182 1110 TAKEN 1185 HAS VEH 1098
3:47 a.m.
[87] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj [Shared]

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