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Injured animal on highway reported as traffic hazardChristiansburg VA

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US 460 Byp, Christiansburg, VA

As discussed during the dispatch call, an injured opossum was reported as a traffic hazard on the westbound Route 460 Bypass near Pepper's Ferry exit. Christiansburg police handled the incident.

Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County Public Safety
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01:35
Transcript:
00:00
You check on a traffic hazard westbound 460 bypass to the Peppers Ferry exit again westbound 460 to the Pepper's Ferry exit Rupertizing there's an opossum and the road that's been hit needs to be put down
00:15
If I have an interview, you can assign that to me.
00:19
I copy that 35 is going to take the call.
00:29
CPD.
00:32
I leave it's going to be Westbound 460.
00:36
And now they can 1022 if they want to.
00:41
Can't all around us?
00:48
MCPD.
00:51
And I'll be Montgomery 50.
00:54
Good.
00:58
I got a motor vehicle crash Hutchinson Motor Company (number withheld) pepper 3 road is where a code RP's a little bit further down the road (number withheld) bigger switch road no injury
01:09
gonna be a 2018 Malibu unknown where the deer is
01:15
though 30 20 Army 30 20 Army 30 2
01:24
Sign me, the 1050 show 50, 106.
01:31
104. You guys can also disregard the traffic hazard.
01:33
It looks like Christiansburg is going to handle it for us.

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US 460 Byp, Christiansburg, VA

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