Person walking in highway lane causes traffic hazard, Wadena County MN


A person wearing all black was walking northbound in the lane of Highway 4 near mile marker number withheld, just south of Greenwald. This created a traffic hazard and prompted a request for a welfare check to prevent an accident.
Audio|Source: Wadena,Otter Tail, Hubbard, and Todd County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Yeah, I don't know if you have anybody available to check somebody walking down the road.
00:05
Highway 4, mile marker (number withheld), walking northbound in the northbound lane, wearing all black.
00:15
When I went past him, I think he tried to put his arm out for hitchhiking.
00:21
We should maybe do a welfare check on him.
00:23
I just wouldn't want him to get hit if you have anybody available.
00:26
Highway 4, mile marker (number withheld).
00:28
Just south of Greenwald.
00:32
That's where he was walking in the lane?
00:36
Yeah, right off the fog line.
00:39
We only have about a two-foot shoulder, so very dangerous and hard to see.
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Wadena County, MN
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