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A truck belonging to Jarami Rollen is worked on at National Tire and Battery on Rossville Boulevard after receiving flat tires Sunday after driving on Dodds Avenue. Multiple cars suffered flat tires due to debris on the road.Photo by Allison Love /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
A combination of nails, screws and tacks led to dozen of cars with flat tires on Dodds Avenue and Rossville Boulevard over the weekend.
Chattanooga police spokesman Officer Nathan Hartwig said in a news release that the debris was either placed intentionally or carelessly.
The debris even flattened the tires on three police patrol cars, he said.
Reports of police spikes being left in the road after a pursuit are not true, Hartwig said.
For more information, read tomorrow’s Times Free Press.
Cliff has worked for the Times Free Press for five years and covers Chattanooga city government. He previously covered Rhea County, as well as transportation and growth and development in Southeast Tennessee. A native of Maryville, Tenn., Cliff graduated in 2003 from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis on journalism. Before coming to Chattanooga, he was a crime reporter with Hernando Today, a supplement of The Tampa (Fla.) ...
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