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Scanner Traffic/AM: Body On Tracks

JeanieS: "I live right next to the railroad tracks that go east into Millwood.  This morning we were awakened to several LE vehicles because a body was discovered next to the tracks. The unsettling thing is, that they have uncovered the (headless) body so all us local residents have a perfect (well, that's just not the right word) view. It's very disconcerting and troubling.  I'm skipping breakfast this morning."

  • 11:56 a.m. Denise is unhappy after receiving a call from a delivery person who said he had five pizzas before exclaiming, "April Fool's."
  • 11:49 a.m. A young female who passed out by Samuel Jewelers in the Silver Lake Mall is being helped by a registered nurse on the scene.
  • 11:33 a.m. Officers have a Bonner County warrant for Roger who may be staying on Reed/Hayden.
  • 10:59 a.m. Dispatcher describes a 911 call to an officer: "It might have been a misdial but no one is fessing up to it." 
  • 10:30 a.m. A large truck has hit a tree @ H95 & Lovell Valley Road/Plummer
  • 9:59 a.m. Residents @ Danielle & Maple/Hayden have evacuated a home where natural gas is spewing from a kitchen stove.
  • 9:35 a.m. Allen @ Kootenai Electric reports problems with the phones.
  • 8:22 a.m. A mail @ H95 & Appleway needs assistance after he was almost bit by a pitbull that got into a female's vehicle.
  • 8:19 a.m. Safeway/Neider is concerned re: a staggering female who drove off from the store. (Later, a CPD Blue found a can of pop in her purse that hadn't been paid for. She was willing to return to the store to pay for it.)

Question: Have you ever encountered a dead body in a motorized accident of some sort?



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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