[UPDATE 10:38 a.m.] Big Rig Crash Blocking Hwy 36 East of Platina
At approximately 9:56 a.m., a big rig reportedly crashed on Hwy 36 east of Platina and just east of Wild R Horse Ranch in Tehama County, according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page.
All lanes are currently blocked, the CHP site reports.
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
UPDATE 10:38 a.m.: According to the CHP site, the current plan is to have Caltrans set up a detour down Platina Road. This however won’t work for
“big trucks.” CHP is also reporting there are no injuries.
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No big rigs should be allowed on 36 unless the driver has made at least one round trip in a normal vehicle. Someone carrying a load from LA or Seattle will take 36 from I 5 because it looks like a shortcut to the coast.
It’s not😲
I guess I missed the part in the article where this was someone unfamiliar with the road. Or Doggo maybe your just reading between the lines. I can’t imagine not being able to drive where I want and when I want without first checking it out by driving it in a 4 wheeler. Granted 36 is not for the faint of heart but it is a state highway and as such is marked with all the appropriate signage to get anyone such as yourself across there safely.
But CA. being the nanny state it is, I’m sure that someday soon we’ll need to check out all the alternate routes before we’re allowed to drive to the grocery store first !!!
It’s around 10 miles between Platina, in Shasta County, and Wild R Ranch in Tehama County. It sounds more like 36 is closed (or possibly just semi-closed…pun intended) between those points instead of there being a 10-mile crash site. Platina Rd would be the only detour for east bound traffic to be able to get to “The” 5.