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Vehicle hits couch on I-290 and leaves sceneErie County NY

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I-290, Amherst, NY

According to the dispatch call, a vehicle hit a couch or debris on the roadway on I-290 near the 990 interchange. The vehicle pulled to the shoulder and then left the scene. The couch is now in the ditch area. State troopers are on site investigating the possible hit-and-run.

Audio|Heard on: Amherst Police Dispatch
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01:47
Transcript:
00:00
In the 290 Eastbound, I gotta hop on and turn around.
00:07
I think that just sounded.
00:08
I think it's on the 290 westbound from the 990 southbound.
00:12
I think a car might have just smacked it.
00:14
So I'm getting off on the boulevard and I'm also going to be turning around.
00:18
Copy.
00:20
16 radio.
00:23
Scott.
00:25
North Maplemere at Millersport Highway.
00:33
Standby. I think the 1801 might be the bus, though.
00:40
1800 miller's port for southbound of a ub entrance or northbound where amherst manor used to be of eighteen o one miller's port is there a maple mirror address that's a negative North Maplemere is a relatively newer road so it's not in our system except for the actual houses
01:08
Five to three.
01:10
Good.
01:15
I didn't see the couch in the road, but I saw a car that was kind of creeping the shoulder.
01:19
He probably struck it.
01:22
I'm pretty sure the couch is in the ditch area there, and it looks like he's missing his passenger, you probably have a flight.
01:29
Tide for him, spinning around right now.
01:36
You're going to see a state trooper pulled over with two cars.
01:40
It'll be just beyond that.
01:45
10-4[1], back open.
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I-290, Amherst, NY
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