Vehicle hits deer on La Plata County Road with no injuries, Bayfield CO
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TrafficA vehicle struck a deer on La Plata County Road near Buck Highway causing property damage. There were no injuries reported. The deer is alive but likely will need to be put down. The roadway is clear and the vehicle is drivable.
Audio|Heard on: Gunnison County Public Safety
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01:57
Transcript:
00:00
Some,
00:01
four Montrose, copy crash.
00:04
Seven,
00:09
four Montrose, copy property damage crash.
00:13
What was that for me?
00:18
A firm, sir, I've got a property damage crash, La Plata County Road 524.
00:25
It's... It's, I'm sorry, Montezuma County Road of 524 and one-tenth, and it's one-tenth of a mile from Buck Highway.
00:35
No injuries, no airbags, no fluids, blocking, but we'll move it.
00:40
It's clear the roadway.
00:42
Vehicle is going to be drivable.
00:43
The deer is in the ditch right now.
00:47
It is still alive, though,
00:49
and the party is on hold with us right now.
00:55
Okay, that's actually going to be La Plata County,
00:58
and it's between Bayfield and Ignacio, and it's on the reservation, so I can't head that way if needed an hour out.
01:09
Okay,
01:10
um,
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can you get a landline, please?
01:15
Monstrous, five and one.
01:16
I'm covering during your attack.
01:18
All righty, sir.
01:21
Um,
01:22
give me just a moment.
01:24
Let me double check something, 1840.
01:31
Okay.
01:32
Hi Adam 1.
01:34
Apologies.
01:35
My partner thought it was Monizuma.
01:39
It is La Plata County Road, 524 and a 10th.
01:43
But I don't know if you want to respond or what we want to do because it sounds like we're going to have to put that deer down.
01:54
Okay for London Bayfield.
01:55
So I'm real close.
01:56
I just actually came up the bunk, Heidi.
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Location mentioned:
Buck Hwy, Bayfield, CO 81122
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