Suspicious box reported on guardrail on Route 48, Old Fields WV
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A truck driver reported an object resembling a cash box lying on the guardrail near mile marker 118 on Route 48 westbound in Old Fields, West Virginia. Authorities were notified to check the object.
Audio|Heard on: Hardy County Public Safety
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01:14
Transcript:
00:00
I've already counted any available state or county unit on Route 48.
00:13
Yes, ma'am.
00:16
Up around mile marker 118 in the westbound lane, kind of a truck driver called in and said there was something lying along the road like a cash box.
00:26
Couldn't exactly tell, so it was sitting on a guardrail.
00:29
So you're going to check that out.
00:34
Is that a cash box?
00:39
That's what he described, like a cash register drawer or something like that.
00:43
He said he was a trucker and really couldn't stop.
00:47
And he said it just looked like that and maybe somebody could check that out.
00:50
So it was actually sitting on top of the guardrail close.
00:55
Ten four, you guys, the 118 was found.
01:01
That's affirmative.
01:09
So, Kenny H.A, get one.
01:12
All right, TanyA, J10.
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Location mentioned:
US-48, Old Fields, WV 26845
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