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Person found hanging in wooded area near bike trailDes Moines IA

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Near Welker Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312

Emergency responders were dispatched to the bike trail near 5210 Welker Avenue after a caller reported finding a person hanging from a tree in the wooded area along the north side of the river.

Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
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Transcript:
00:00
I view as Systematics on a cardiac arrest.
00:04
It's going to be on the bike trail back in the woods.
00:08
The closest address would be behind 5210 Welker.
00:12
Yeah.
00:14
Caller's going to go up to the road to slide you down.
00:17
They found a veil hanging in the tree.
00:25
Easily contend with the engine.
00:27
We'll be out shortly.
00:31
13.
00:34
41-50, go ahead.
00:38
1,800 block crane,
00:40
All-boy and Nora 977.
00:42
TVN, 977.
00:45
Copy.
00:48
That's not on our computer.
00:53
Yeah, it's going to be in the wooded area south of the bike trail there along the north side of the river.
00:59
The closest address is going to be near 50th Welker.
01:04
I don't know if you're going to have to get on the bike trails and get to it or what.
01:08
I'm trying to figure that out.
01:13
I'm trying to try now.
01:18
dispatch edge of five repeat that location please yep i was waiting for y'all to go around this is going to be tricky to explain there's somebody on the trail south of like 52nd Welker on the north side of the river along that bike trail they found somebody hanging from a tree in the woods the closest like
01:41
intersection be southwest 50th Welker.
01:44
The closest place to get on the trail would be off of North Valley Drive.
01:49
You can come back to the east.
01:51
I don't know if that's even going to be accessible.
01:55
I'm trying to see if I got another way in there.
02:06
Five and I guess the station five engine one.
02:09
Somebody's gonna try to keep on that trail the blacktop trails and flag you down.
02:19
Copy.
02:24
If you guys can pull up the attachment, we added to the trip,
02:28
it's put the pinpoint where the caller was at.
02:31
It's right by a trail marker there.
02:33
I don't know if that will help you narrow it down.
02:35
It's just kind of hard to figure out how to get back in.

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Near Welker Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312

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