An Idaho State Police trooper and two other people were sent to a hospital when another motorist hit the officer's patrol car in eastern Idaho Wednesday afternoon.
primary focus and stranded motorists. today, we ll move into priorities we continue to perform motorist assist, welfare checks of elderly and children as requested, assistance of local l.e. and transport disposal of water and m.r.e.s. i would also like to tell you about two motorists refuges we re opening. one at red top mountain state part on exit 285. that s to the north, and then to the south is indian springs state park exit 188, so those will be open for any stranded motorists to seek refuge. and then, of course, the individual who is overall responsibility through georgia emergency management agency, charlie english, will sort of give you an overview of how all of these various departments have been working together. charlie? thank you, governor. gma responsibility is if all the
equipment to where that equipment needs to be used to clear the roadway. number two, wrecker services to clear vehicles out to re-establish lanes of travel. and, three, motorist assist. in particularly, two areas. if you ve looked at i-20 westbound, i think all 48,000 commercial motorcycles showed up right in that area, and so we re concentrating on six flags hill to get that cleared and to try to get that moving. as a tractor trailer jackknifed across the river bridge on i-75 just before the interchange. we re backing resources down there to remove that and have d.o.t. to hit that again to try to establish that lane or corridor of travel. in particular, page porter of atlanta towing has been absolutely outstanding in assisting the troopers and the d.o.t. in this effort today, and we really appreciate her help in
primary focus and stranded motorists. today we ll move into our priorities, that we re continuing to perform motorist assist. welfare checks of elderly and children as requested. assistance of local le and transport disperal of water and mre s much i would also like to tell you about two motorist refuges opening. opening at red top mountain state park on exit 285. that s to the north. and then to the south is indian springs state park, exit 188. those will be open for any stranded motorists to seek refuge. and then of course the individual who has overall responsibility through georgia emergency management agency, charlie english, will sort of give you an overview of how all of these various departments have been working together. charlie. thank you, governor. gema responsibility, if all the