Lee s Summit police investigate after tires damaged by nails left in street
More than 180 tired damaged, authorities say Share Updated: 11:30 PM CDT Apr 5, 2021
More than 180 tired damaged, authorities say Share Updated: 11:30 PM CDT Apr 5, 2021
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Show Transcript FOR YOUR HELP. TWO HANDFULS FULL OF SCREWS AND NAILS IT’S TOUGH FOR FOLKS LIVING AT RAINTREE LAKE AND LEE’S SUMMIT TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE ROADS BOTH MY BACK ONES AND ONE OF MY FRONT ONES MOST ARE GLUED TO THE PAVEMENT TRYING TO AVOID NAILS AND SCREWS STICKING INTO TIRES. IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING. JASON DOESN’T THINK IT’S ACCIDENTAL BECAUSE SHEER NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AND CARS THAT HAVE GOTTEN HIT AT LEAST SOME OF POLICE DEPARTMENT AGREE THE RESIDENTS DOWN THERE WERE CLEANING UP THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY’RE FINDING THE NAILS AND THEY WERE REAPP. THE NEXT DAY HE SAYS MORE THAN 180 REPORTED DAMAGE TIRES THE CITY SENT A SWEEPER TO CLEAN THE STREETS THAN A FEW DAYS LATE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - As warmer weather hits the Kansas City metro, business owners hope it plants seeds for more sales, as they rebound from the winter months and the COVID-19 pandemic. When it s bad weather out there, people are in and out, not much time to look around, Cheryl Poe, of Brookside jewelry store EB and Co., said.
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Someone is apparently intentionally leaving nails in the street of a Lee s Summit neighborhood. It s got the attention of police. Two handfuls full of screws and nails, said Jason Duewel, who said he had three tires punctured on his car.
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LEE S SUMMIT, Mo. â Someone apparently has been scattering nails and screws across the roads in part of the Raintree Lake subdivision last weekend in Lee s Summit, causing havoc for unsuspecting motorists. Iâve got a nail thatâs continuing to get embedded in my tire, Lee s Summit resident Jason Duewel said.
Unfortunately for Duewel, it wasn t the first time this week. He also had a nail in his tire Sunday, which he already got fixed.