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PM Scanner Traffic — 1.10.11

  • 5:56 p.m. Blue Dodge Neon has hit moose on H41 & M/P 16 (mile south of Spirit Lake), blocking road.
  • 5:45 p.m. Caller reports a truck is being driven w/o lights on H95 & Chilco.
  • 5:20 p.m. Caller reports a blue vehicle is driving w/o tail lights on H95 @ M/P 423 (Kidd Island Road).
  • 5:17 p.m. Hazmat team is responding to report of gas spill @ Exxon, 4th & I-90/CdA.
  • 5:14 p.m. Tow driver reports that an uninjured woman who drove through a fence @ 31575 Clagstone/Athol appears to be either drunk or on drugs.
  • 5:08 p.m. Motorists are stopping to help injured dogs on H41 @ M/P 15 (Seasons Road, near Spirit Lake). Owner is on the way.
  • 4:54 p.m. WalMart West/Post Falls reports 2 males in older, rusted pickup are making off with $1000 worth of DVDs.
  • 4:31 p.m. Caller reports a wanted man wearing a sports team jacket at Post Falls Library.
  • 4:01 p.m. Someone has been injured in a fall at 501 E. Lakeside/CDA.
  • Much more below
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  • 3:35 p.m. Caller is willing to sign charges against a motorist who passed him in a school zone along Spokane Avenue/Post Falls.
  • 3:19 p.m. Caller reports that a 30ish blond woman w/glasses was speeding along Best Avenue, passed him in the Borah School zone & almost hit children and a crossing guard at the 7th Street school crossing.
  • 3:11 p.m. Caller reports a drunk driver who's e/b on Seltice Way and may stop at Rob's Seafood.
  • 2:58 p.m. CdA WalMart reports that a man in a blue-and-white hat stole items from store & then ran across H95, dropping them along the way. WalMart employees retrieved stolen items.
  • 2:40 p.m. A hazmat team is responding to a report of someone using gasoline in an attempt to set ice on fire in the Wolf Lodge area.
  • 2:36 p.m. A man wearing Carhart garb is walking up and down railroad tracks in Post Falls, talking to himself and gesturing.
  • 2:11 p.m. A w/b vehicle with disabled plates cut off motorist @ I-90 & H41/Post Falls.
  • 2:09 p.m. Man reports that two couches have been stolen from his vacation home.
  • 1:57 p.m. Albertson's in Prairie Shopping Center wants 2 panhandlers trespassed.
  • 1:48 p.m. A log truck missing two tires is parked along I-90 in Post Falls area.
  • 1:45 p.m. Semi driver reports drunk driver ahead of him, stopped at RR tracks on Mill/Post Falls
  • 12:54 p.m. A noninjury accident is blocking Government Way & Appleway near Wells Fargo Bank.
  • 12:50 p.m. Traffic lights are malfunctioning @ i/s of Ironwood & Northwest Boulevard/CdA.
  • AM Scanner Traffic


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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