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Man arrested in investigation of objects left on highway near Bennington
WOWT ^ | Mike McKnight

Posted on 03/19/2025 7:59:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Deputies have been investigating at least four incidents of drivers either hitting or swerving to miss large objects left on Highway 36 at night — from a coffee table to a chair, and even a kid’s bicycle.

In one instance, a young married couple escaped with their lives after dodging what they thought was a television in the middle of Highway 36 on a dark night in December. Their car crashed through a wire guardrail and slid into a ravine.

They told First Alert 6 that they saw a man standing on the shoulder right after the crash. Sheriff Aaron Hanson alleges that was Rademacker who intentionally placed the object in the highway.

”And resulted in him being able to see first responders responding and him being able to respond as a helper. But worst-case scenario could have resulted in someone’s serious injury or death," Hanson said

(Excerpt) Read more at wowt.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: aaronhanson; bennington; douglascounty; mikemcknight; nebraska; spencerrademacker; wowt

1 posted on 03/19/2025 7:59:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Terrorism

Antifa

We are at war.


2 posted on 03/19/2025 8:00:48 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.instagram.com/spencerrdmkr_3/

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3 posted on 03/19/2025 8:03:02 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: BenLurkin

If it was an animal they would have just hit it.


4 posted on 03/19/2025 8:06:34 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: BenLurkin

Face of a dullard.


5 posted on 03/19/2025 8:07:12 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
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To: BenLurkin

BENNINGTON, Neb.


6 posted on 03/19/2025 8:12:08 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: BenLurkin

Used to this every day on LA freeways - mattresses, spilled loads of citrus, oil tanker spills - from un-inspected, 3rd world trucking, which is common here.


7 posted on 03/19/2025 8:17:03 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: BenLurkin

I left a 50s era console TV on the freight train tracks 45 years ago. Took 3 of us to carry it. Pretty cool smash from the 60 mph plus train.


8 posted on 03/19/2025 8:26:32 AM PDT by rey
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To: BenLurkin

Unsecured load. I see it all the time. Had to doge a V8 engine in the middle of my lane with my motorcycle on the 101 one time.

Officers have dropped the ball on this one. They just do not enforce it like they used to so it is becoming a real problem.

No one is securing their loads anymore... I see it all day long every time I go somewhere.


9 posted on 03/19/2025 8:39:25 AM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Bon of Babble

“Used to this every day on LA freeways.”

Yes, the 101 back in the early 80s was the worst for that. As you know all those concrete sections with expansion joints became ramps that would send you off the ground... A motorcycle became a bucking Bronco on the 101...


10 posted on 03/19/2025 8:43:07 AM PDT by Openurmind
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To: BenLurkin

sheesh- he tries to help people improve their reflexes, and this is the thanks he gets?


11 posted on 03/19/2025 9:06:19 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: BenLurkin

I’d hate to be on the jury. The accused looks just like the sort of dopehead who would do this. Don’t need no stinkin’ evidence.


12 posted on 03/19/2025 9:13:53 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Days after First Alert 6 ran a follow-up story talking with crash victims, someone called into the newsroom pretending to be one of them — and asked to have the story taken down from FirstAlert6.com.

13 posted on 03/19/2025 9:50:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: BigFreakinToad

His lawyer will claim low IQ and he’ll get off with a slap on the wrist.


14 posted on 03/19/2025 10:27:35 AM PDT by bgill
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