Abandoned Bag Prompts Bridge ClosureTammy Daniels & Andy McKeever, 09:41PM / Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A bag full of dirty clothes shut down one of the city's main arteries for more than two hours on Wednesday night.
The suspicious bag was reported abandoned under the Veterans Memorial Bridge just after 6 p.m.
An initial investigation led police to believe the bag could contain a bomb or explosives and they closed the roads around 7 p.m. The bomb squad was called about less than a half hour later.
"We had a suspicious package under the artery," said Public Safety Commissioner E. John Morocco, who described it as "an old dufflebag."
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