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Heard on: Ravalli County Sheriff, Hamilton Police, Fire and EMS · 1/16/2026 07:40 AM
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1330, I just took a call for a traffic hazard in the area of Bailey Lane on East Side Highway.
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The elk are not a traffic hazard, but people are stopping on the side of the road causing the traffic hazard.
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Traffic slowdown near Eastside Highway caused by elk watchers

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As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies responded to a traffic hazard near East Side Highway and Bailey Lane where vehicles were stopping on the roadside to observe elk, creating potential traffic delays.

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NE Bailey Ln & Eastside Hwy, Montana 59828
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