Injured elk on southbound lane creates traffic hazard, Pierce County WA


A baby elk is injured and crawling into the southbound lane on near 304th St. This poses a traffic hazard and risk of injury to drivers and the animal.
Audio|Source: Washington State Patrol Dispatch - Dist 1 East / West
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Transcript:
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Please, Charles, reference to baby elk.
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Mission Reporting for your advice, it's injured, and is now crawling into the roadway on the southbound lane.
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Turn around, we're not, from third and forth, and buzz, looks here.
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Is there a wildlife unit in service?
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Wildlife, our name, so.
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Can you advise them of it? See, something they want to take to a wildlife refuge or a new dispatcher?
00:18
311 names are...
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...injured elk, South 733 and 4.
00:23
It's now in the right lane.
00:25
If you want the unit to disrespect to elk or if wildlife wants to contact and remove it?
00:31
My phone name zero in route names are five.
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My phone name zero of rice 311 can't get a search and wildlife will have it removed.
00:41
Throne-on. Do we know if it's north or south of the intersection of near 304th St? We will be right at the right north of.
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Location mentioned:
304th St S, Washington 98580
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