Vehicle hits deer on route 22 near watchung mall, Watchung NJ
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, a vehicle struck a deer on Route 22 near Watchung Square Mall. Police officers located the deer on the roadway and checked the area for a possible second deer but found none.
Audio|Heard on: Watchung Police, Fire and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
01:53
Transcript:
00:00
Westbound at the light entrance for Watchung Square Mall towards Walmart.
00:04
Car versus deer, deer or four at least still on the roadway.
00:07
Acknowledged for a route.
00:16
141, 328, is the driver still on the scene?
00:22
Unsure, the caller was a passerby, didn't have that much information.
00:30
104. The 41,000 North Plainfield also had a few calls on it for eastbound.
00:41
They're checking their area as well.
00:44
24.
00:52
141-328, I've hit a deer.
00:54
It's going to be eastbound on North Drive.
01:02
Acknowledged. That may be a second deer that might call it towards Walmart.
01:07
I'm going to activate my light and in front of it, just so until Northern Plainfield comes.
01:17
North Drive in Route 22 east.
01:24
Thank you.
01:27
141 through 28, I'll be clear from North Drive, Route 22,
01:30
North Plainfield has it, he's going to be contact with the driver, pulled up, might have hit the deer.
01:35
I'm going to head close to the Walmart, see if there's another deer.
01:39
That's four.
01:45
141-3-28, I just circled around Walmart.
01:49
On Route 22, West, no signs of another deer.
01:52
I think that was the only one.
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Location mentioned:
US-22, Watchung, NJ 07069
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