Traffic cones moved causing lane confusion on bridge


Police are responding to reports that traffic cones have been deliberately moved on the Thorn Street Bridge, causing both directions of traffic to drive into each other. The situation is being checked and the Department of Transportation has been notified.
Audio|Source: Mercer County Public Safety and WV State Police
02:25
Transcript:
Control any available prints unit. We had a phone call that said that... 224, bluefin shall ever come off. Standby. Sorry, I got Bluefield traffic at the same time like I have all night. The complaint stated that the Thorn Street Bridge that someone had purposely, nefariously messed with the cones, and it's making the both sides of traffic drive into each other. Painful. Yes, sir. I'm going to check it out, but please also notify DOG. If that is the case, that's not on purpose, they're going to have to fix it pretty quick. My apologies, who do I need to notify? I'm not sure what to do about that where it's in the city. Department of Transportation, I don't know if you guys have an on-call number for them up there. They have a... I'm actually not sure I've only ever used to control. I'm fairly certain all of our stuff is outside the Department of Highways or the Interstate 460. I've never had a call number for inside the city. I was always the city took care of their own stuff, so I don't know who to call. It would be the one that you would call for the interstate because they're the ones doing the construction on the bridge. If you don't mind, I'll wait for what your assessment is when you get there, then if that's all right. Please call them now, because it's going to be for their stuff where it's a U.S. tribe as well. It's going to be them. The reality of it is we don't know if it's on purpose or not, and all we're going to be able to do is control traffic until they get there. Stand by, please.
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Location mentioned:
Thorn, Bluefield, WV 24701
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