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Possible injury collision near Sand Hill Rd off-ramp
October 9, 2026 · 1:12 PM
- gray Volkswagen truck
- gray Volkswagen SUV
- Sand Hill Rd off-ramp
- I-280
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What the source reported
At approximately 1:12 PM, dispatch information described a collision involving a gray Volkswagen truck and a gray Volkswagen SUV on I-280 southbound near Sand Hill Rd Ofr in Menlo Park. One vehicle was reported overturned. A vehicle was reported off the roadway. Dispatch notes indicate an ambulance and the fire department responded. A tow was requested. Dispatch notes indicate the collision blocked at least one lane.
Written from the CHP dispatch record below. Dispatch notes reflect what was reported at the time and can be incomplete or later corrected.
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Vehicle details
Vehicles reported


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- off the roadway
- rollover reported
- fire department responded
What happened, step by step
- 1:13 PMVehicle position reportedDispatch notes describe a vehicle off the roadway.
- 1:13 PMVehicle information reportedAs logged
RP ADV VEH CUT HIM OFF AND WENT INTO THE TREE - 1:13 PMVehicle information reportedAs logged
[1] SOLO VEH TC - 1:13 PMVehicle position reportedDispatch notes describe a vehicle on the right shoulder.
- 1:13 PMVehicle position reportedDispatch notes describe a vehicle off the roadway.
- 1:13 PMVehicle information reportedDispatch notes describe a gray Volkswagen.
- 1:14 PMVehicle position reportedDispatch notes describe a vehicle on the right shoulder.
- 1:14 PMVehicle information reportedAs logged
[2] GRN SD VS TREE - 1:15 PMMedical responseAs logged
1039 1141 - 1:17 PMVehicle information reportedDispatch notes describe a gray Volkswagen SUV.
- 1:17 PMVehicle information reportedAs logged
[3] VEH IS OT ON SIDE - 1:22 PMTow requestedAs logged
91-74 1185R - 1:22 PMFire department contactedAs logged
FIRE LL, ADV'D 1097 - VEH W/MAJ DMG ON ITS SIDE INTO A TREE - 1:23 PMFire department contactedAs logged
A91-074 97 FIRE BLKG 3-4 // JSO WOODSIDE - 1:25 PM1 routine dispatch entry (units, tow rotation, acknowledgements)
- 1:25 PMVehicle position reportedA responding unit reported a vehicle on the right shoulder.
- 1:26 PMFire department contactedAs logged
SMSO LL - FIRE REQ CAL TRANS -NEEDS CLEAN UP / MAJOR DEBRI and TREES - 1:27 PMAnother agency contactedAs logged
1039 DOT CC - 1:28 PMMedical responseAs logged
A91-074 PTY STILL INSIDE VEH FIRE TYING TO GET PTY OUT APPRS SOLO 1181 FOR NOW
Every entry in the dispatch record below is represented here.
Dispatch log
19 entries- +0:0013:13RP ADV VEH CUT HIM OFF AND WENT INTO THE TREE
- +0:0013:13ON RHS
- +0:0013:13WENT OFF RDWY
- +0:0013:13GRY VOLK WAG VS TREE
- +0:0113:14:36SOLO VEH TC
- +0:0113:14:36ON RHS INTO EMBANKMENT
- +0:0113:14:36GRN SD VS TREE
- +0:0213:151039 1141
- +0:0213:15:25VEH OFF RDWY INTO TREES / POSS GRY TK
- +0:0413:17GRY VOLK SUV VS TREE
- +0:0613:19:48VEH IS OT ON SIDE
- +0:0913:2291-74 1185R
- +0:0913:22FIRE LL, ADV'D 1097 - VEH W/MAJ DMG ON ITS SIDE INTO A TREE
- +0:1013:23A91-074 97 FIRE BLKG 3-4 // JSO WOODSIDE
- +0:1213:251039 Broadway Towing 650.361.8022
- +0:1213:2591-74 10-15 FT UP THE HILL IN A TREE ON RHS
- +0:1313:26SMSO LL - FIRE REQ CAL TRANS -NEEDS CLEAN UP / MAJOR DEBRI and TREES
- +0:1413:271039 DOT CC
- +0:1513:28A91-074 PTY STILL INSIDE VEH FIRE TYING TO GET PTY OUT APPRS SOLO 1181 FOR NOW
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