9/9/11
by Perry Miller
AUTHORITIES IN BROOKINGS DEAL WITH POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVES
AFTER A FATAL ACCIDENT AT SIXTH STREET AND WESTERN AVENUE.
POLICE HAVE CALLED IN THE SIOUX FALLS BOMB SQUAD TO DEAL
WITH THE SITUATION. THEY ARE NOW AT THE SCENE AND POLICE
CHIEF JEFF MILLER SAYS IT COULD TAKE THEM "SOME TIME" TO
SEARCH THE VEHICLE.
A TWO-BLOCK AREA AROUND THE SCENE HAS BEEN LARGELY
EVACUATED.
THE POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVES ARE IN THE BOX OF ONE OF THE
PICKUPS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT. THAT TRUCK HAS A TOPPER
AND MILLER SAYS MARKINGS ON THE BOX LED THEM TO BELIEVE IT
COULD BE A BOMB.
THE DRIVER OF THAT TRUCK WAS REPORTEDLY GOING AT A
VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER
PICKUP.
THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND PICKUP WAS THROWN FROM THE
TRUCK. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE BROOKINGS
HOSPITAL WHERE HE PASSED AWAY.
THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WITH THE SUSPECTED EXPLOSIVES
WAS HANDCUFFED AT THE SCENE AND PLACED UNDER ARREST. HE
WAS ALSO TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL.
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