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September 2003 Highway Reports

September 1, 2003 - 3:50pm - Unit #65 was driving his grandmother home when they came upon a car stalled in the middle lane of eastbound Highway 30 over I-270. 65 stopped behind the car and turned on his arrow stick to divert traffic around the vehicle. 65 approached the vehicle and saw a female driver talking on a cell phone. She told 65 she was trying to get a tow truck. 65 feared that she would take a long time doing this so he called the Sunset Hills Police and they dispatched an officer to the scene. 65 remained behind the stalled car until the officer pulled up behind him and then 65 pulled away to let the officer handle the scene. It was a routine call for 65 but it gave his grandmother her excitement for the day.

September 1, 2003 - 8:40pm - Unit #220 stopped to check on a motorist on the shoulder of eastbound I-64 just east of Ballas Rd. The female driver told 220 she had a flat tire and was waiting for her husband to arrive to change it. 220 told her he would wait behind her and assist her husband when he arrived since the flat tire was on the left side of the car. While waiting, unit #65 (with unit #02 riding along) pulled up behind 220 to assist. When her husband arrived, 220 pulled his truck partially into the right lane to shield them as they changed the tire. 65 pulled to the left also and turned on his arrow stick to get cars out of the right lane. Fifteen minutes later the tire was changed and they were on their way. They thanked 220 for stopping to help.

September 1, 2003 - 9:45pm - Unit #65 (with unit #02 riding along) and unit #220 stopped to check on two cars on the shoulder of northbound I-270 just south of Highway 21. There were two men and a lady with the cars when 65 and 02 pulled up. 220 stopped a few hundred feet back because they were just over the crest of a hill. The lady was very upset and scared. She told 65 she didn't know the two men and wanted them to leave. She stated she had called the Highway Patrol and her boyfriend and was waiting for either of them to arrive. 65 asked 02 to get out of the car and help him ask the men to leave to calm the lady down. 65 and 02 thanked the men for stopping to help and told them they would handle the scene. The men left without incident. 65 and 02 waited with the lady and learned she was once with REACT and felt very safe once 65, 02, and 220 showed up because she knew what the organization does. A few minutes later a Missouri Highway Patrol Officer arrived on the scene. 65 explained the situation to him and he thanked 65 and 02 for stopping. 65, 02, and 220 then left the scene.

September 2, 2003 - 9:15pm - Unit #220 assisted Sunset Hills Police with a five car accident on I-270 south of Highway 30. 220 helped to direct traffic out of the three right lanes and into the two fast lanes. A Sunset Hills Police officer thanked 220 for showing up and helping out.

September 3, 2003 - 8:45pm - Unit #65 and #220 stopped to check on a car on the shoulder of southbound I-55 just north of Butler Hill Rd. The driver told 65 that he ran out of gas and his girlfriend was bringing him some gas. 65 and 220 waited behind the motorist until his girlfriend arrived ten minutes later. He poured in the gas, thanked 65 for stopping, and drove away.

September 4, 2003 - 9:30am - Unit #65 stopped to assist a motorist changing a flat tire on westbound I-70 at mile marker 88. The flat tire was on the left side of the vehicle and the motorist was kneeling down on the white line to change it when 65 arrived. 65 sat behind the motorist with his lights on to get traffic out of the right lane until he finished changing the tire.

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