PM Scanner Traffic — 1.7.13

Gabe Cohen/KHQ provides Huckleberries with this photo of the overturned truck in the woods off the south side of w/b I-90/MP 40, east of the Cataldo exit and Kootenai County line. The truck crashed into a vehicle that slid across the median after sliding on ice. The two occupants in the vehicle were killed. More below.

• 5:44 p.m. Stop sign is down @ intersection of Lookout/Sundown, Hayden.
• 5:32 p.m. Head-on crash reported on H41/MP 36.2 (Arena Road, Bonner County).
• 5:27 p.m. Streets worker tells buddy to plow lower library parking lot because city expecting “plenty of people” to attend tonight’s swearing-in ceremony for Coeur d’Alene mayor and council positions.
• 5:15 p.m. Coeur d’Alene Police Department activities report for Jan. 6-7 here.
• 5:07 p.m. Male waving machete in parking lot behind undisclosed Coeur d’Alene complex.
• 4:46 p.m. Serious injuries reported from crash @ H95/MP 442 (Bunco Road/Athol area).
• 4:45 p.m. 3-vehicle accident reported north of H95/Garwood Road intersection; no injuries.
• 4:38 p.m. Driver of white mini-van @ s/b H41/Prairie Avenue, Rathdrum Prairie, reckless.
• 15 more items + AM Scanner Traffic below

• 4:37 p.m. Non-injury, non-blocking crash reported @ Ramsey Road/Columbus Avenue/CdA.
• 4:36 p.m. Patrol officer suggest closing Boekel Road because roadway too slick.
• 4:11 p.m. Driver of white mini-van slid off road into ditch @ H41/MP 1.4 (Poleline Road/Post Falls).
• 4:05 p.m. 7 cows are running loose @ s/b Boekel Road/Ramsey Road, Rathdrum.
• 3:41 p.m. Troublesome female ringing bell @ 3600 block of E2nd/Post Falls.
• 3:38 p.m. Suspicious activity reported @ 2900 block of W. Elmwood Drive/CdA.
• 3:20 p.m. Caller reports someone trespassing @ Orchard/Honeysuckle, Hayden.
• 3:09 p.m. Someone suffering chest pain @ Thames/Avondale, Hayden Lake.
• 2:46 p.m. Both lanes of w/b traffic @ I-90/MP 40 crash site still blocked; one lane of e/b traffic open.
• 2:43 p.m. Someone suffering undisclosed illness @ 515 Garden Plaza Court assisted living/Post Falls.
• 2:34 p.m. ISP officers reports hazmat spill of 80 gallons of diesel (possibly from I-90 crash by Cataldo).
• 2:04 p.m. Both sides of I-90 are closed at Cataldo, Idaho, while the Idaho State Police respond to multiple car accidents, including at least one fatal accident. The road closure is expected to last at least until 2:30 p.m. today.
• 2:03 p.m. 4YO boy suffered knee laceation while sledding @ Lakeland Head Start; pressure being applied to wound.
• 1:26 p.m. Gabe Cohen/KHQ tweets that 2 are confirmed dead in one of four crashes that occurred within 30 minutes of one another beginning around 9:15 a.m., just east of the Cataldo exit on e/b I-90/MP 40. An e/b vehicle slid across the median into w/b lanes where it was hit be a truck, which cross median and ended in the woods on south side of highway.
• 1:23 p.m. Undisclosed medical emergency reported @ 2000 block of E. Pennsylvania Avenue/CdA.
• AM Scanner Traffic