Tree branch hangs over southbound State Rte 20 after vehicle hit, Skagit County WA


A tree branch is hanging over the southbound side of State Route 20 near Rosario after a vehicle struck it. Authorities are arranging removal using a chainsaw to clear the hazard.
Audio|Source: Washington State Patrol - Skagit & Island County Dispatch
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Transcript:
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292 with me that's overhanging the road south 20 just north of Rosario and I hit it with my car.
00:11
I don't know if I damaged my car or not.
00:14
(number withheld). I'll check the car here in a minute.
00:18
Is Park 480 or 564 available with a chainsaw?
00:24
Park 480 is I'm available.
00:26
Are you thinking just a normal hands chainsaw or does it need like a pole saw as it's suspended above the roadway?
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I've just got a little gas-powered one and go in like 10 seconds.
00:36
Ten minutes or so.
00:37
Okay, thank you.
00:39
Two-a-two. Park four zero twenty zero...
00:41
A beaver chewed it down.
00:42
That's why it fell down.
00:43
So we visit duty.
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State Rte 20, Washington
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