Chattanooga public works employees Sherman Sales, left, and Milton Stewart use rolling magnets to pick up metal debris on Dodds Ave after numerous flat tires were reported over the weekend. Public works employees walked the majority of Chamberlin Ave. to Rossville Blvd. as well as some side streets with the magnets.The tire business in Chattanooga was very good on Monday.
Car upon car pulled into area tire stores after a load of debris along Dodds Avenue apparently caused dozens of flat tires.
Elizzabeth Biel, a teacher at Howard High School, finally got her car repaired several hours after taking it to Quality Tire Center on Cherokee Boulevard. There were plenty more there just like hers.
“They have a parking lot full of flat tires,” she said.
A mystery remains about what happened Sunday evening when reports started coming into citywide services and the Chattanooga Police Department about debris on Dodds Avenue and tires going flat.