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PM Scanner Traffic — 7.23.14

  • 5:26 p.m. Minor injury reported from falling tree @ RV Park store/Silverwood.
  • 5:23 p.m. Dispatcher reports things are clearing up & sends officer to check on utility problem at Abbott/Chilco.
  • 5:14 p.m. Silverwood employees have gone through RV Park -- and determined no injuries as result of falling trees.
  • 5:08 p.m. Responder reports tree on power wires @ 405 Buttercup/CdA -- and told 25 priorities ahead of him.
  • 5:07 p.m. A tree is down across both lanes of traffic on Perimeter Road, north of traffic circle, Bayview-Athol.
  • 5:05 p.m. Utility problems @ Lintzy/Parks, Athol, and at Ohio Match/Pope, Athol.
  • 5:03 p.m. A tree has fallen across BNSF tracks, north of Ohio Match Road.
  • 5:01 p.m. Several trees have fallen on trailers in RV Park @ Silverwood/Athol, trapping several people inside.
  • 5 p.m. Dispatch reports that some individuals are trapped in mobile homes in northern Kootenai County.
  • 4:59 p.m. A utility problem is reported @ Lewellen Creek Road/H54, Athol.
  • 4:57 p.m. Utility problems reported @ H95/Brunner, Athol, and Hanley/Valley, Dalton Gardens.
  • 4:52 p.m. Response from Kootenai Fire delayed b/c can't get garage door open as a result of loss of power.
  • 4:51 p.m. Big tree is down over power lines @ H95/Garwood Road.
  • 4:48 p.m. Traffic lights are out in all directions @ H95/Garwood Road.
  • 4:43 p.m. Someone is suffering chest pain @ Old Highway 95/Garwood Road.
  • 4:34 p.m. Officer reports 2 transformers have blown @ Kathleen/Govt Way, CdA; dispatcher responds that transformers also has blown @ Cosgrove, Sherman Avenue, knocking out lights?
  • 4:31 p.m. CPD officer reports: It's raining buckets @ H95/Ironwood Drive/CdA.
  • 12 more items + AM Scanner Traffic below
  • 4:20 p.m. National Weather Service tweet: Severe thunderstorm impacting Spokane, Plummer, and St. Maries right now. Reports of nickel size hail and trees down.
  • 4:19 p.m. 95YO female hurt in fall @ 1300 block of Mullan/Post Falls.
  • 4:18 p.m. Officer wants medical evaluation on motorist after traffic stop @ H95/Espinosa, Worley area.
  • 4:16 p.m. Found property reported @ 1000 block of N5th Street/CdA.
  • 3:26 p.m. Caller reports finding a black-and-silver suitcase w/blue lights & an antenna along H97/Carlin Bay Road.
  • 3:18 p.m. Trauma victim on Ramsey Road (unknown exact location) refuses ambulance transportation.
  • 3:03 p.m. Male w/service dog @ Exxon, 201 W. Appleway/CdA has unknown medical emergency.
  • 2:02 p.m. Female running from male @ north entrance to Chateau Trailer Park, W. Crestview Drive/Post Falls.
  • 1:58 p.m. Coeur d'Alene boy tells 911 dispatcher that his 15YO brother & 20YO cousin are hurting his 9YO brother and him by grounding them to their bedrooms @ 2000 block of N6th/CdA.
  • 1:29 p.m. Lake City Community Church contacts 911 re: 18YO female on premises; unknown nature of call.
  • 1:28 p.m. Male driver flipped off female, then drove 10 mph in front of her @ Govt Way/Miles Avenue, Hayden.
  • 1:21 p.m. Holdup alarm @ US West Bank proves to be false one.
  • 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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