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AM Scanner Traffic — 7.20.09

  • 11:28 a.m. Electronic highway signs are still warning of the accident that occurred @ 8:49 this morning @ 9th Street underpass.
  • 11:16 a.m. Lindsey, on Harolow Point Road, reports that her docked neighbor's boat is sinking. And her neighbors aren't home.
  • 10:52 a.m. Disabled truck on e/b off-ramp @ Exit 7 (H41).
  • 10:49 a.m. A wire has been knocked down by a truck @ 3rd & Harrison, preventing east/west traffic lights from working. North-south lights remain green.
  • 10:24 a.m. Elderly man on Vera/Rathdrum experiencing cardiac problems after being shocked twice by his pacemaker.
  • 10:19 a.m. R/P reports green vehicle didn't stop after hitting deer @ H95 & M/P 422 (near Mica Creek Bridge).
  • 10:07 a.m. R/P reports that an elderly man in a white Centra ran a stop sign and almost hit her @ Boekel & Meyer/Rathdrum. She ordered him to stop @ Boekel & Ramsey.
  • 9:56 a.m. Grass fire reported @ Maine & 5th/Spirit Lake.
  • 9:07 a.m. EMTs are responding to an unknown medical problem @ Moon's Mongolian Grill/1901 Seltice Way.
  • 8:51 a.m. R/P doesn't know what to do with the 8 kittens a feral cat birthed on her property.
  • 8:49 a.m. 2-vehicle, rear-end accident under 9th Street Bridge is blocking I-90 @ Exit 14. 40ish male remains in one of the cars, "fairly shook-up." ISP is diverting traffic around crash via 4th Street exit. Update (9:08 a.m.): One lane of I-90 now reopened.


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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.