Vehicle reported blocking lanes on Highway 17 leaves roadway, Santa Clara County CA

Traffic

Reported: 11/4/2025 11:25 PM

CA-17, California

A vehicle was reported blocking both lanes on Highway 17 near the summit. Later updates indicated the vehicle had driven off the roadway. Emergency crews searched nearby areas including the sandpile, mile marker 3.0, and Bear Creek but found no damage, debris, or vehicle parts on the road.

Audio|Source: Santa Clara County Fire Dispatch - Command 72

03:49

Transcript:

00:00

And any in the 83 further further details, this is up this one mile north of regularly the state.

00:06

The description was a blocked out vehicle blocking both lanes.

00:15

Data three copies. You can keep this attraction, so we're heading northbound now from the summit.

00:24

Thank you, anything. Some far, thank you.

00:27

EngineA4 copy.

00:31

H8K84 copy.

00:38

Anthony, I show you responding ear cold, going through a translator is a couple of 91-year-old with Chess King, Indonesia.

00:54

Any fire from engine 84?

00:58

1784

01:03

We're EPL in all directions.

01:05

I recommend we go ahead and clear and incorporate if you all move on.

01:15

Engineating for our copies. The RP that we spoke to, they said that people locked control and left the road.

01:22

I'm clear if it went over the road.

01:29

...engineering...

01:30

...affirm it wasn't locking both planes and it drove off the roadway.

01:35

Engine 84, my apologies has multiple callers, the CH3 website,

01:40

RP said it was blocking both lanes, RP we were landline with, said the vehicle left the road,

01:47

engine 884.

01:49

NG84 is happy.

01:57

AJ84 from NG83.

02:01

Go to the G84. Go to G84.

02:05

We were clear southbound 17 out of the wild.

02:10

Is there a area you recommend we check?

02:15

You just want to check really hard again around the sandpile and file marker 3.0 in Black Road. We look pretty hard in there. There's some fresh kid marks but we're working looking over the side there.

02:31

NG-A-3 from engine 84.

02:34

Go ahead.

02:37

I want you guys just go ahead and hold your position at Air Creek. We'll do one more look down the highway and if we don't see anything. We'll go ahead and call it.

02:46

Energy 2 copy.

02:51

Any fire from engine 84.

02:56

Under 84.

02:58

Give way to contact any of the RPs and said that he drove off and found out if he drove off and then he drove off the roadway or features drove off and left.

03:10

For a formal segmental.

03:16

Thank you.

03:24

Engine 8 3. We cleared the sandpile and Black Road. I did see those fresh skin parts.

03:33

There's no damage to any of the guard rails, no vehicle parts on the roadway, no fluid, and we're staging at Bear Creek.

03:44

We're going to turn off at Idaho Well and just check and see maybe drove off the roadway there.

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