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AM Scanner Traffic — 7.6.17

  • 11:59 a.m. Hit-and-Run -- Victim reports following green 1998 Plymouth Voyager w/Kootenai County plates @ w/b I-90/Huetter after being hit earlier.
  • 11:26 a.m. Fire Alarm -- Alarm sounding @ Presbyterian Church, 521 E Lakeside Ave/CdA.
  • 11:21 a.m. Traffic Hazard -- A piece of plywood is lying on highway @ e/b I-90/H95, CdA.
  • 10:57 a.m. Traffic Hazard -- Blue sedan that swerved to miss another vehicle @ w/b I-90/H41 onramp now high-centered and partly blocking traffic.
  • 10:41 a.m. Reckless Rider -- Rider of black Harley-Davidson w/backward cap riding in & out of traffic w/o signaling @ n/b Ramsey Road/Kathleen Ave, CdA.
  • 10:38 a.m. Traffic Hazard -- Back wheel wobbling on silver Suzuki @ s/b NW Blvd/CdA.
  • 10:16 a.m. Non-Injury Crash -- Logging truck hit utility pole @ H3/MP 93.5 (Kootenai Co line), blocking both lanes.
  • 10:04 a.m. Distraught Female -- Distraught 16YO female, wearing only peach blouse, running in & out of traffic @ top of Fourth of July Pass. 2 truckers stopped. Several motorists have reported to 911.
  • 9:58 a.m. Possible Crash -- Driver of Dodge Ram pickup veered into media @ e/b I-90/MP 3 (McGuire Road).
  • 9:57 a.m. Injury Fall -- 24YO male fell & hit head on counter @ Cabela's, knocked unconscious.
  • 9:52 a.m. Domestic Dispute -- Male punching walls after father tells him to leave house on Ocean Ave/CdA.
  • 9:28 a.m. Gas Station Mishap -- Gas hose hanging from Dodge Ram pickup fuel tank @ w/b H53/H41, Rathdrum. Driver must have tore off hose when he left station.
  • 9:12 a.m. Possible DUI -- Male en route to Coeur d'Alene Place storage off Atlas Road reportedly DUI.
  • 9:07 a.m. Injury Fall -- @ Taco Bell, 268 W Hanley Ave/CdA.
  • 9:06 a.m. Traffic Hazard -- Vehicles swerving to avoid male on fog line @ e/b I-90/4th St, CdA.
  • 8:53 a.m. Non-Injury Crash -- 2-vehicle crash partly blocking Northwest Blvd/Garden Ave, CdA.
  • 8:47 a.m. Traffic Hazard -- Male w/arms raised over head & 2 children reported under e/b I-90/H95 overpass.
  • 8:14 a.m. Welfare Check -- Elderly female in night gown and slippers walking along Post Falls street.


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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