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AM Scanner Traffic — 6.19.09

  • 11:09 a.m. Officers are calling for a medical evaluation of a 16YO girl on Meadowbrook Loop/Rathdrum who's in custody, suffering from alcohol- or drug-related problems.
  • 10:54 a.m. R/Ps report a two-vehicle crash b/n a gray p/u and a Jeep that might have been head-on @ Garwood & old Highway 95. Some callers say the p/u rolled several times. But one R/P reported that the crash was a rear-end one.
  • 10:15 a.m. 71YO male in the Avondale area has accidentally taken an overdose of pills by taking his night-time medication this morning.
  • 9:44 a.m. Officer reports that the "suspicious" object lying by the side of English Point Road is a "very deceased deer." He wants someone called to pick it up.
  • 9:17 a.m. Silver Valley ISP officer is trying to stop a Washington vehicle traveling w/b on I-90 @ speeds over 100 mph.
  • 8:12 a.m. Firefighters investigate a fire alarm at a three-story North Idaho College dorm and discover the alarm is malfunctioning.


D.F. Oliveria
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.

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