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AM Scanner Traffic — 5.20.09

At 8:46 a.m. A tree has fallen on a logger in the Burma Road & Emerald Drive area, east of Turner Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene, near Harrison. Possible fatality. Update: Emergency responders have had difficulty locating a contact person to take them to the site. They finally found one about 9:15 a.m. Update 2: Law enforcement now on scene. Update 3 @ 12:40 p.m.: Sheriff declares adult male dead in logging accident and are now trying to notify next of kin.

  • 3:41 p.m. A Post Falls mother reports that a 23YO male poked her teen son with a knife, sufficient enough to leave a mark on his stomach. She has the knife. But she's afraid that the man is returning to her home.
  • 3:23 p.m. R/P reports that an unsecure load on a blue pickup shifted dangerously @ I-90 & Huetter rest stop.
  • 3:13 p.m. A child is running away from Betty Kiefer Elementary/Rathdrum.
  • 1:18 p.m. Man with a history of dementia left for the dump this morning and hasn't returned.
  • 11:55 a.m. Something brown is in the road on Highway 53, near Rathdrum -- possibly a tire.
  • 10:40 a.m. An NIC hired hand is en route to deliver a doghouse, a prize in a college foundation drawing.
  • 10:35 a.m. A motorcyclist is speeding thru the neighborhood @ Maplewood & Riverside.
  • 10:28 a.m. An 18YO female in a w/b vehicle on I-90 @ Sherman Avenue is suffering intense abdominal pain and needs an ambulance.
  • 9:51 a.m. R/P reports that a registered sex offender has given a fake address to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department.


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