5:06 p.m. Lights @ H95 & Orchard are flashing red as a result of lightning strike but no one is paying attention to them.
5 p.m. Male trying to pull female out of white van near 7th & Elm/CdA.
4:57 p.m. A motorist may be trapped in a gray pickup that hit a tree on Hayden Lake Road/MP 17 (near Silver Springs Road). Update (5:11 p.m.) Man is penned by leg in vehicle. Update 2 (6:02 p.m.): Med-Star helicopter has launched to transport accident victim. Who is still penned in his pickup.
4:40 p.m. 17YO male is in PFPD Blue lobby after being shot by an aerosol pistol in the chest and groin.
4:08 p.m. Arena Loop/Hayden resident reports boys are riding dirt bikes across his yard.
4:05 p.m. Run vehicle in hit-and-run at nearby Safeway's reportedly enters Tamarack RV Park.
3:35 p.m. Woman reports ex-husband has locked her out of their mutual residence on Chester & Elwood/Harrison.
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3:29 p.m. R/P reports neighbor w/backhoe is damaging trees on her property @ Cape Horn Road & Raven Place/Bayview.
3:23 p.m. In a hit-and-run, a semi truck w/double trailers from Denver or California hit overhead lines @ 309 Emma/CdA. Neighboris keeping people away from downed lines.
2:56 p.m. Dogcathcer is tracking a poodle at large @ Lincoln & 2nd/Priest River.
1:48 p.m. Motorist hit deer on I-90 near Cataldo Mission.
1:06 p.m. Sheetrock is lying on I-90 @ M/P 8 (near Highway 41)
12:55 p.m. Small grass fire near Pastime Club/Athol.
12:38 p.m. A Ford pickup driver is unconscious and not breathing after crashing into a tree @ Seltice Way & Graffiti Street (just west of Greensferry)/Post Falls. Medics are performing a tracheotomy.
12:13 p.m. Worker @ UPS Store/2900 Government Way reports strong smell of chemicals in store, growing stronger.
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
