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AM Scanner Traffic — 9.28.12

  • 11:45 a.m. Cable or power lines down across H97 @ Corskie House Bed & Breakfast/Harrison.
  • 11:13 a.m. Officer asks dispatch to see if fire department can decide if hanging wires are "hot."
  • 11:07 a.m. Truck has hit low-hanging cable or power line near Post Falls Library.
  • 10:36 a.m. Driver of gold Mercedes possibly DUI @ e/b I-90/Sherman Avenue, CdA.
  • 10:27 a.m. ISP officer tells dispatch that older male that he stopped on H95 laughed b/c he was driving w/suspended license. ISP: "He won't be laughing in a few minutes when I take him in."
  • 10:15 a.m. An abandoned, disabled vehicle has been removed from H95/MP 425 (Dower Road).
  • 10:08 a.m. 40ish female w/black hair walking into traffic, waving arms @ Ramsey & Hayden.
  • 9:52 a.m. Caller reports smoke coming from H95/MP 84 (Gotham Road).
  • 8:59 a.m. Patrol officer tells dispatcher to call emergency road service to bring belt that goes from "cam to crank" after stopping to assist motorist. Dispatcher responds that she doesn't understand mechanical request because "I'm a girl."
  • 8:49 a.m. EMTs responding to unknown medical emergency @ Cave Bay Road/Cliff, CdA.
  • 8:39 a.m. Yellow Lab runs into field near Worley after ISP officer tries to catch it @ I-90 & Rock Creek.


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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