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February 2003 Highway Reports

February 18, 2003 - 4:30pm - Unit #220 assisted a motorist with a flat tire on I-70 at mile marker 171 while en route to Lees Summit, Missouri. The motorist said he had never changed a flat tire before and was on a cell phone to his father when 220 offered assistance. The driver continued to talk to his father while 220 changed the tire. While 220 changed the tire, the driver snapped off a few pictures for "proof that someone stopped to help". 220 suggested that the driver get off at the next major city, because that tire was not going to last in the shape that it was in. The motorists' father mentioned that there was a Walmart Supercenter in Columbia, Missouri and that he (the driver) should head there to get the tire fixed. 220 followed the driver to Columbia, Missouri, where he exited the highway, and then went on his way to Lees Summit.

February 20, 2003 - 3:25pm - Unit #220 assisted a motorist, who was locked out of his vehicle, on the ramp from southbound I-270 onto Ladue Rd. in Creve Coeur. 220 called for a tow truck waited for it to arrive. He then left the scene once the driver's door was opened. The driver thanked 220 for calling the tow company.

February 22, 2003 - 9:10pm - Unit #65 assisted a motorist on northbound I-270 just north of Highway 21. The driver was trying to put a belt back on the engine when 65 arrived. 65 remained behind the motorist until he got the belt back on and then followed him until he exited the highway incase the belt slipped off again.

February 22, 2003 - 10:00pm - Unit #65 and #220 assisted a motorist with a flat tire on westbound I-44 just west of Highway 141. The driver was trying to lower the spare when 65 and 220 arrived but he was doing it incorrectly. 65 brought up his hydraulic jack and 220 grabbed his 4-way tire iron. 220 showed the driver how to lower the spare mini tire from inside the back of the minivan and 65 positioned the jack under the van. 220 and 65 then changed the tire for the driver and learned he was a minister on his way back home to St. Clair, MO (about 50 miles away) with his wife and two young kids in the van. 65 and 220 finished changing the tire a few minutes later. 220 then told the driver that because of the spare mini tire on the van, they could only drive at a top speed of 50mph back home. The driver thanked them for their help and continued on his way.

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